Let Every Heart PREPARE Him Room

My Dan and Mandy, 2014
(Mandy's first trip ever to a Christmas tree farm)

"At midnight they were roused by the shout, 'Look the bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet him!' All the bridesmaids got up and PREPARED their lamps...So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of [Jesus'] return." (Matt. 25:6-7,13)




          Christmas season 2014, I'll PREPARE Christmas letters, Christmas lists, Christmas gifts, Christmas decorations, Christmas trees, Christmas menus, Christmas meals, and Christmas cookies, but how well will I PREPARE room in my heart for Jesus?

             In the Christmas story, no room was found in the inn for Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus. O Lord Jesus, this Christmas, first and foremost, may we all PREPARE room in our hearts and schedules for You!

Joy to the world! The Lord is come;

Let earth receive her King;

Let every heart PREPARE Him room,

And heaven and nature sing,

And heaven and nature sing,

And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing!1

1 JOY TO THE WORLD. Isaac Watts, 1719. (Based on Psalm 98.)