Isaiah 26:7-15
7 The path of the righteous is level;
you make level the way of the righteous.
8 In the path of your judgments,
O LORD, we wait for you;
your name and remembrance
are the desire of our soul.
9 My soul yearns for you in the night;
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 If favor is shown to the wicked,
he does not learn righteousness;
in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly
and does not see the majesty of the LORD.
11 O LORD, your hand is lifted up,
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.
12 O LORD, you will ordain peace for us,
for you have indeed done for us all our works.
13 O LORD our God,
other lords besides you have ruled over us,
but your name alone we bring to remembrance.
14 They are dead, they will not live;
they are shades, they will not arise;
to that end you have visited them with destruction
and wiped out all remembrance of them.
15 But you have increased the nation, O LORD,
you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
Yesterday Edward & I traveled into Houston to see my brother John's family, decorate their tree and look at Christmas lights in their neighborhood. My brother has the most amazing collections of Christmas music (some are redneck, some are Hollywood undertaker (they sound like Lurch singing the old Christmas hymns), but we all like the Willy Nelson).
He swings his truck around to go back and show his 6 year old daughter her choices & re-see Christmas lights. My brother is quirky, but he's a good man and funny too. John spent his day on his roof in the rain attaching his beloved Christmas lights to his Christmas music - he loved it. Their stockings are attached to John's last Elk hunt antlers over the fireplace. He filled our freezer with wonderful meat. (In Texas we believe, if you hunt to eat - it's the same as going to the Grocery.)
Well, we passed a Church and the front sign had an arrow pointing to the Church and it said, "Start Early for Christmas, begin Here."
Good point. Start with the Church Family.
Beginning at the beginning is a good place to start - I'm not one of the people blessed to hear the Lord aloud, but I would be so remiss not to say at the top of my lungs -
Read the Scriptures. They are written for you. They are telling you over and over. God loves you. As you read them, the uncomfortable parts, the hard to believe parts, the good parts - they are nurturing you and growing you. You read what God is saying.
As Christians we believe Jesus died for us personally. He did. Because of God's love, we have promises of hope and eternity. God wants you to know more. He wants you to understand His steadfast love and the blessings He willingly bestows, gives, packs and blesses us with.
It is important not to be lukewarm. The Bible tells us so. If you don't know where that verse is - - go to Biblegateway.com look for the key word search and SEARCH to your heart's content. God is not ever going to give us a test on biblical knowledge, but the Scriptures are God's letter written to you. It is God's road map to the tests, trials, the wild winds of life and all of the glories of life. Written for you. Because You are God's Child.
Be blessed as you prepare your heart for God's Child's Choice to Live Among Us dwelling as Grace and Truth. We Celebrate the birth of Jesus each year, because He lives among us each day.
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1 comment:
It was a very good time.
Lurch. That's funny. Except that my fella has a great voice and that album is the greatest Christmas album ever produced in the history of the world and you know it. Still, Lurch--that's funny.
Was great having y'all over.
Sent from John's iPhone
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