It has been said many times, many ways, that without the manger, the cross makes no sense. There can be no road to Jerusalem without the “silent night’ in Bethlehem.

It is not death to die, to leave this weary road,
And join the saints who dwell on high,
Who’ve found their home with God .

What truth can calm the troubled soul?
God is good, God is good.

Give to the winds your fears, in hope be undismayed; God knows your needs and sees your tears; God shall lift up your head.