-Do You Hear What I Hear?-

I’ve heard, for years, that all sound waves ever transmitted are still floating around air & space somewhere. I thought that odd & wondered why the air didn’t finally get packed full with all the waves & noise. (I’ve made my share of sound waves!) Seems that was just so many wasted sound waves. Like the ripples in a pond that eventually play out, so do sound waves. They vibrate the molecules of air & make ‘sound.’ After a time, the vibrations fade & just become ‘noise’ until it dies out. As to space, well, FEW molecules in space (a vacuum), so no noise. Kind of deflating when you think of all the cool sci-fi flicks & explosions. They may LOOK cool, but the sound is just for the benefit of the movie goers.

In 1962 the U.S. was in the midst of the Cuban missile crisis & there was a real concern about nuclear war. The song, ‘Do You Hear What I Hear?,” was written during this time. It was an attempt to sway leaders to avert war. That same sentiment has been practiced through countless other songs over a multitude of wars! People write songs, poems, even novels to express a point of view. They essentially want to say, ‘Don’t you hear what I hear?”

I heard on the news of a group of atheists in the New York area who sprang for a billboard to further their cause. Their cause: according to the atheist spokesman, trying to get more people to become atheists, or in his reasoning, admit they are atheist. They made a billboard with silhouette wise men going to a nativity, that says, “You KNOW it’s a myth. This season, celebrate reason.” They put it up next to the Holland Tunnel. Why? They wanted their point of view to be heard, loud & clear. Whether you agree or not, the message went out loud & clear.

Can you imagine hearing what the angels said on that first Christmas? Poor Shepherd guys were minding their own business when the sky exploded with an army of angels! Not the average day on the hillside. These weren’t just town’s folk, religious speakers, or even troubadours spreading their point of view. These were angels. ‘Angel’ means ‘God’s messenger.’ They had a first-hand account of God stepping out of heaven into human flesh! The news the world needed to hear: a Savior is here. The world STILL needs to hear it.

Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:10-12 NKJV

As you read this, I will have just had an injection into my eardrum to continue treatment of two ruptured eardrums back in the summer. The attempt is to completely restore my hearing. I want to be able to hear as I should. Spiritually, I want to hear the message God has for me: the Savior has been born. I’m to be a messenger, just like the angels, then the Shepherds they tagged with the story. God has come among us! The Savior is born. Do you hear what I hear?

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