Kerina Hall Blog

This year 2014 is on its last legs.  Soon, it will be put to bed permanently. Then the year 2015 will awaken. What will it hold for you and me?  Only God knows! That’s why we need to keep in close contact with this Omnipotent (All Powerful), Omniscient (All Knowing) and Omnipresent (Always Present) God – the Lord Jesus Christ! I don’t know about you, but without His help, care, protection and provision, I would not have made it this year. I can recall being unwell on two occasions this year and I am thankful for the healing I received.  He truly is the Great Physician! I am thankful also for the many open doors for ministry this year.  Let me take the time to express heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the various churches/organizations which allowed me to minister the Gospel in song. Finally, to you my readers, please have a very prosperous and productive and Christ-centred 2015. I also wish many open doors for you in every area of your life!

“The first Noel the angels did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay…” I was reminded of the raw simplicity of the first Christmas as the song “The First Noel” came to me at the start of my devotions this week. This spurred me to hammer out the tune on my keyboard.  The result?   An impromptu singing session! That is certainly “devotions set free!” As I was saying earlier, there was a raw simplicity to the first Christmas.  Here we have an ordinary Jewish couple chosen to parent the Christ Child; the birth proclaimed first to poor shepherds; a stable the place of birth; and the town, the small city of Bethlehem. Yes, there was a supernatural element: angelic choirs and visitations; kings from the East following a star which miraculously led to the place where the heavenly king was born. But there is an overarching simplicity about the events nevertheless. I call it beautiful simplicity.  A heavenly king born in a manger – simply aw