Author: Nevil Williams

Wise words

Wise words

It is not so much what one says that matters, but the way it is said. Rehoboam’s reaction to his people’s request illustrates this point. See 1 Kings 12:1-20. Compare Proverbs 15:1.

Swaddling Clothes

Swaddling Clothes

Swaddling Clothes

Creation: “Or Who shut in the sea with doors, when it burst forth and issued from the womb; when I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band” (Job 38 verses 8,9. NKJ Bible).

The Creator: “And she [Mary] brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger” (Luke2 verse 7. KJ Bible).

The Mystery of the Incarnation

The Mystery of the Incarnation

No less almighty at his birth,
Than on his throne supreme;
His shoulders held up heaven and earth,
When Mary held up him.
(A verse from Joseph Hart’s hymn, “The Lord that made Heaven and earth”)