"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning wtih God. All things came into being through him, and wighout him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it."
John 1:1-5
Giving gifts is nice. Sugar cookies are divine. Tinkling bells, green trees and colored lights are hard to do without. But don't let the Christmas season slip by without taking time to acknowledge the reason we celebrate the season.
Advent Begins with the coming of December and goes through Christmas Day. It is the time that we sit together in the darkness of winter and light candles as we meditate on the coming of the true Light into the darkness of our sinful world. A light that leads us to truth, to God and to salvation. And a light that is for now, burning in our own hearts and will one day come again to judge the quick and the dead.
Yes, this December we will sit shivering in the darkness and we will hold our lights high for all to see while we wait with bated breath for our Savior to come again.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Thanksgiving
I love Thanksgiving. I still remember the green tasseled table cloth at my grandmother’s house; how I always tried to sit right next to my favorite aunt and that I could never get anyone to pass the olives or the butter once the food had all gone around once and the grownups started talking. I would get so full I really couldn't move for a few hours. When I was finally able to move my legs again, I'd go back for another piece of pie.
These days I still use the very same dishes we used to use at my grandmother's house, and now I get all the olives I can eat...if the kids don't get to them first.
The more history I learn, the more I enjoy this holiday. Mechanism is preparing a report on the colonies while my husband will be reading George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation. I also like to read excerpts from William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation".
Here is a link to a website that contains Both George Washington's and William Bradford's Thanksgiving Proclamations.
http://holydays.tripod.com/brad.htm
These days I still use the very same dishes we used to use at my grandmother's house, and now I get all the olives I can eat...if the kids don't get to them first.
The more history I learn, the more I enjoy this holiday. Mechanism is preparing a report on the colonies while my husband will be reading George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation. I also like to read excerpts from William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation".
Here is a link to a website that contains Both George Washington's and William Bradford's Thanksgiving Proclamations.
http://holydays.tripod.com/brad.htm
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