Coffee and a Good Book!: Messiah

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Messiah

I'm sure everyone has heard by Below, I copied a short article by . I hope you enjoy it. Another sign of God's miracle.

The composer was in despair. Struggling to earn a living in , he knew days when he could not afford to buy meals. One night in , depressed and defeated, he wandered the lonely streets; it was almost dawn when he returned to his shabby room. On a table was a thick envelope. It was from , the man who wrote his librettos. Examining the pages, he founds them covered with .

Wearily, he tossed the pages aside and crawled into bed. But he could not sleep. The words he had read returned to him: Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God... The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light... For unto us a Child is born... Glory to God in the highest...Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Too stirred to sleep, he got up and went to his piano. The music flowed from his heart-rich, majestic, triumphant. He began to write. Night and day for three weeks, he wrote feverishly. He forgot sleep, food, rest. He refused to see anyone. At last, on the day the work was finished, one friend managed to gain entrance.

The composer was at his piano, sheets of music strewn around him, tears streaming down his face. "I do believe I have seen all of Heaven before me, and the great God Himself," he exclaimed.

Millions of people have been able to believe that. The first audience to hear the composition-in in - gave it the greatest ovation in the city's history. Weeks later, London heard it for the first time, and again it was a triumph. The King was so impressed during the that he rose to his feet-a custom that still prevails.

, in churches and concert halls around the world, millions of people will once again find hope and faith in the message of what has become the most beloved composition of all time-George Frederic Handel's Messiah.

God turned Handel's dispair into triumph.

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