Bless you!
Peace! Bro …
Joyous Birth of God!
All Greetings that express the sentiments of people experiencing those dramatic events surrounding the Birth of Christ.
There’s one more.
It’s a greeting not used in the conversations during that first Christmas. At least not in the Biographers’ telling of the story. But it is a greeting familiar to Jews. It can be used when meeting someone or when bidding them “farewell.” It’s packed with meaning.
It’s “Shalom.”
One word, it comprehends and expresses the “blessedness” found in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. It conveys concepts such as
“completeness,” “wholistic,” “health,” “prosperity,” “soundness,” “fulfillment,”
“harmony,” “tranquility,” “peace.” This single word embodies all the qualities our Father is recreating in us. Through Christ’s Spirit in us, He “redeems” “salvages” and “restores” us until the distinctives refined in Spirit-filled people – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and, self-control – gradually emerge revealing Christ’s character.
If we wish anything for people we encounter at Christmas, or anytime, it’s this “BLESSEDNESS,” “goodwill” the “goodness” our Father “wills” for us …
WHAT BETTER GREETING FOR CHRIST- FOLLOWERS WHO WANT ALL PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THE WELL-BEING CHRIST CAME TO GIVE US?
S H A L O M !
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