Silent Night

Tonight we enjoyed our first Christmas Eve service at CrossPointe Church! Can I just say "Wow". The orchestra was AMAZING, the singing was INCREDIBLE, the stage was GORGEOUS, and the house was PACKED! We chose to let Logan stay in "big" church with us which is a first and probably last for a while. We had to constantly tell him to stop talking or stop talking so loud I should say. He was all over the place too. But overall I guess he wasn't really that bad. It was probably bothering me more than it bothered others. I guess b/c it is my kid and I felt like he was annoying the heck out of everyone. For a 3 year old he did pretty good!

Everyone had a piece of Dove chocolate when we sat down on their chairs. I thought it was just a nice gesture. Afterall, I love me some dark chocolate! I know it's not a taste that everyone enjoys though. More for me! Come to find out and now it makes sense and was explained to us as well. The title of the service was Bittersweet Symphony: A Christmas Story. Dr. Merritt went through the true meaning of Christmas and how everyone keeps all the sugar that is Christmas and takes out the salt, the real things and the real reason for it all. And how it definitely is Bittersweet, just like dark chocolate, how this little baby was born all those years ago just so he could/would die. It's bitter and sweet at the same time, the birth and death of Jesus Christ. I thought it was pretty incredible.

The service ended with the traditional candle lit Silent Night. Logan had been playing with the little candles since they were handed to us on the way in. He had no idea what they would be used for. At one point he tried to keep getting me to take a bite of one. It seems he thought it was food? Weird. At the end he was excited to be able to hold his own LIT candle. I was terrified he was going to catch one of us or himself on fire. He had quite a bit of assistance from Daddy for good reason. But it was so sweet to see him holding it up and singing the song as best he could.

We look forward to many more years to come at Crosspointe Church! Especially the Christmas service.