Recently I was wandering the Christmas aisles at Hobby Lobby searching for a couple of pictures to freshen up the wall over our couch. Every aisle included items that carried the “Merry and Bright” theme. My eyes teared up. Life right now is anything but Merry and Bright. It’s been…
Read more“When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:10-11 ESV) Running around, finding…
Read more13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:13-14 (NIV) Do you ever get the Christmas let-down? Or the after-Christmas-blues?…
Read moreSeveral years ago I was invited to a new friend’s home. She was beaming from ear to ear as she took me inside; she designed and built it with her own hands. As I stooped to enter through the doorway, I had to put the pungent smell of smoke from a…
Read more“6 So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:6-7…
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