Camels
Follow the star, come join in the fun!
Christmas is coming, the countdown’s begun…
They set out on their journey, following the star
Find nineteen for the camels which carried them that far.
Listen to today’s reflection
Read
“Then Herod secretly called for the wise men and learned from them the exact time when the star had appeared. Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, ‘Go and search diligently for the child; and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage.’ ”
– Matthew 2.7-8
Think and Do
We don’t often see camels in England and so today’s theme is a good reminder that the Christmas story happened a long way from the UK.
Have a look online or in books at some maps of the part of the world where Jesus was born. See if you can find some key places like Nazareth and Jerusalem and some pictures of those places as well. What do they look like? Are they like how you might imagine?
Pray
Dear God, we pray for our world today and places which are important or familiar to us. We also pray for places far away and unfamiliar. Give your peace to those parts of the world where there is war or conflict. Amen.
Follow
Whenever you hear a place name mentioned today, think about these biblical places and the parts of the world where there are difficult things happening today.
