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Micah 5:1-5a  (NIV UK)<\/span><\/h3>\n

1<\/sup> Marshal your troops now, city of troops,
\n            for a siege is laid against us.
\n      They will strike Israel\u2019s ruler
\n            on the cheek with a rod.
\n2<\/sup> \u2018But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
\n            though you are small among the clans of Judah,
\n      out of you will come for me
\n            one who will be ruler over Israel,
\n      whose origins are from of old,
\n            from ancient times.\u2019
\n3<\/sup> Therefore Israel will be abandoned
\n            until the time when she who is in labour bears a son,
\n      and the rest of his brothers return
\n            to join the Israelites.
\n4<\/sup> He will stand and shepherd his flock
\n            in the strength of the Lord,
\n            in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
\n      And they will live securely, for then his greatness
\n            will reach to the ends of the earth.
\n5<\/sup> And he will be our peace
\n            when the Assyrians invade our land
\n            and march through our fortresses.<\/p>\n

Reflection<\/h3>\n

In those dark moments when we wonder if anyone cares, or if we matter to anyone, a feeling that crushes us and weighs us down \u2026 an emotional dead weight on our soul \u2026 in those moments of emotional confusion … when the outlook is bleak … the faith of the Church rings across the centuries, sending a message of confidence and hope into the very fibres of our soul: ‘a mother may forget her child’ (Isaiah 49:15<\/a>), but God will never reject us, or forget how important we are to him.<\/p>\n

Prayer<\/h3>\n

Bethlehem today is a bustling town full of issues and hurts, pressure points and broken dreams. Lord, comfort your children there, and in all the other Bethlehems, wherever the divide between possibility and reality is so painfully obvious.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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