The story is told of young boy in a church Christmas program who had one line to remember. His role was that of the Angel of the Lord and his one line consisted of: “Behold, I bring you good tidings.”

He wasn’t clear about the word “tidings” so he asked his mother what it meant. She defined it as “news.”

Sunday morning the play was going smoothly and all was well. He was sent onto the stage as the Angel of the Lord announcing to the shepherds about God’s message. When he got on stage and looked out at the crowd he froze! Stage fright overcame him and his brain went to mush. He couldn’t remember the line for anything. Then all of a sudden his mom’s definition flashed back and he blurted out to the shepherds, “Hey! Boys, have I got news for you!” 

John, the cousin of Jesus, is the man God…