Chains be Broken

Third verse to O Holy Night:

Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise His holy name.

In light of all the media that Christians and non-Christians alike receive when they say something offensive about another, let’s remember the first line of this song.

Jesus taught us to love one another.  He came to break the chains that hold us tight, and to free us to love Him and love others as we love ourselves.

Jesus is the name above all others, the name that ends oppression.

And in chorus, all together, we can sing “sweet hymns” that praise his holy name.

I John 3:23 says  And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

I believe.  I want to love.  And I want to see chains broken.