The Weary World Rejoices

"A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,

For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn."

I don't know about you, but this Christmas, despite all the festivities and fun that comes with the season, there's a certain weariness that I'm feeling. I think a lot of it has to do with the constant negativity in the news, but I do also find this time of year difficult with the dark mornings and constant dreary weather.

I think this line is one of the reasons I love this song so much. The world is weary now and it was weary at the time of the first Christmas. The mess we've made of this world means that we are living in a world that just isn't right.

Yet, amongst the darkness of this world, there's a thrill of hope in it all. A glorious morn has come, because the Saviour of the world has come into the world. This idea really reminds me of one of the most encourging sentences Jesus says in the Gospel of John.

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

John 16:33

Despite the trouble and turbulence that we see daily in this weary world, I know that I can have hope. I know I can have joy and I know I can have peace. And it's all beacuse of Jesus and what He came into the world to do.

Do you know this peace, hope and joy in our weary world for yourself?

Read other blogposts from the O Holy Night series here

• The Night of Our Dear Saviour's Birth