Bittersweet

Last night Northway, my church in Pittsburgh, held a worship night where we sang praise to our God, including some Christmas songs.

We also took Communion.

I had never taken communion when celebrating Christ's birth before.

Normal births are a joyous day to celebrate a new life entering the world. I don't think God quite had the same experience with His son. He saw His son be born, but all the while, knowing Christ's fate. On that beautiful day when Christ was born, God knew that he would live a short life; one that would end in both mental and physical pain and agony.

How bittersweet a birth.