{"id":786,"date":"2025-12-24T16:41:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bermudianchurch.org\/bcblog\/?p=786"},"modified":"2025-12-24T16:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:41:55","slug":"christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bermudianchurch.org\/bcblog\/?p=786","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTMAS EVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"839\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bermudianchurch.org\/bcblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-2-839x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bermudianchurch.org\/bcblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-2-839x1024.png 839w, https:\/\/bermudianchurch.org\/bcblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-2-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/bermudianchurch.org\/bcblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-2-768x937.png 768w, https:\/\/bermudianchurch.org\/bcblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-2.png 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once there lived a king who had power over all nations and people. His courts<br>were of richest splendor; his tables were heavy with the finest food. Music and<br>laughter floated from the castle. Clouds wrapped it in ethereal majesty.<br>Peasants, in their valley of violence and hunger, stopped and looked at the<br>castle for a long while, wishing they might know the king. But none were able to<br>reach it.<br>In the cold of winter, the king\u2019s tailor entered the royal chamber with the<br>latest additions to the king\u2019s wardrobe. He had selected the finest materials<br>and woven them into the most beautiful garments the eye had ever seen.<br>But the king was not pleased. He ordered the tailor out, vowing to make<br>his own clothes. The door to the throne room was shut and locked. Weeks<br>passed. The royal court waited with anticipation to see what the king would<br>make for himself. They knew they were bound to be blinded by the glory of it.<br>Finally, the awaited day arrived. The door opened and the king appeared.<br>Everyone, especially the tailor, gasped in surprise. His majesty was<br>dressed in the simplest, cheapest, most unkinglike garments imaginable. He<br>had the choice of the world\u2019s finest materials, but he had chosen to wear the<br>clothes of a beggar.<br>\u201cI am going into the valley,\u201d he said quietly.<br>By Michael Daves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bermudianchurch.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bermudian Church<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/covenantbrethren.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">A Covenant Brethren Church<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/bermudianchurch.org\/bcblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12.24.2025-MWL.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 12.24.2025 MWL.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-30a7649e-0e24-4748-bcae-22c4d44a282d\" href=\"https:\/\/bermudianchurch.org\/bcblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12.24.2025-MWL.pdf\">12.24.2025 MWL<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bermudianchurch.org\/bcblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12.24.2025-MWL.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-30a7649e-0e24-4748-bcae-22c4d44a282d\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once there lived a king who had power over all nations and people. 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