Lift the Lid

One can never really have enough containers. Containers are great for lots of things: sending Mr. Bill's lunches in ... growing things in the refrigerator.  You know just how good a container is when you lift the lid on that piece of molded plastic so that wonderful sweet aroma or odor [perhaps more appropriately described] is released.  Mr. Sniffer is the first to testify!

Two thousand years ago the Roman Empire was experiencing "Pax Romana" or "Roman Peace."  This was marked by a period of external tranquility, but a deeper and more lasting peace was proclaimed in the Bethlehem night sky. "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and goodwill to men." (Luke 2:14)  The first words of the Latin Vulgate are translated "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," also the words of a familiar hymn.  The angels knew well the glory and majesty of God, and His Great Love had just descended from Heaven to Earth.  The angels also knew what Heaven had given up for man, and the news HAD to be told.  Perhaps they couldn't "contain" themselves; they burst forth from Heaven (with divine permission, of course) with breathless jubilee.  They lifted the lid, and exposed the sweet aroma of the Love of God and The Christ Child.  Doesn't it make you want to lift the lid as well!