Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
for
righteousness,
for they will be filled.
for they will be filled.
Jeremiah 31:25
I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.
Psalm 107:9
For He satisfies the thirsty
and
fills the hungry with good things.
The Light shines, darkness has been overcome
The Light shines,
darkness has been overcome.
Jesus has overcome the world.
Jeremiah 31:12
They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;
they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD
--the grain, new wine, and oil,
and the young of the flocks and herds.
Their life will be like a well-watered garden,
and never again will they languish.
Psalm 62:8
Trust in Him at all times,
O people;
pour out your hearts before Him.
God is our refuge.
Selah
The last 2 Scriptures differ from each other. We get humdrum, especially in mid January.
December is different, we have yo-yos and layers.
It's like the weather, if you think layers keep us warm, and you wear spun polyester with lycra, you haven't experienced wearing wool. Wool works. December has all kind of joys celebrating: Life kicking up into care and giving! And works to annoy and worship the birth of the savior, Jesus Christ. It is exactly like having a baby. All the joy, all the planning, all the anticipation, and then the work, work, work.
Like a relationship, this requires work.
One of my best Christmas memories of childhood, was walking in the snow in Emporium, PA. Beauty, Beauty, Beauty. The town has a tradition of leaving on the LIGHT for Christmas Eve. Because all of the Churches have midnight Christmas Eve Service and many people would walk.
We all plan our Christmas decorations around things we loved as a child or things we wanted to do our parents would not. Still today, Christmas decorations are for bringing what is old and new together.
And because of those snowy Christmas Eve walks, I prefer lights in bushes.
Even when they go out and I have to buy new LED and incandescent light bulbs as the month continues.
My Christmas tree this year has been a project since last year.
Well, a project since 2021. I bought a beautiful faux, real touch, tree. Because our last tree was faux and GORGEOUS GREEN, but it took 6 hours to build it like a Lego or Lincoln Log kit. Then the numbers fell off. And it took 12 hours to relabel it. The next year, the needles fell off. Bummer. And everyone just complained so much, I think the faux needles fell off in unhappiness. Sure. It made the tree a 2 day project to decorate.
Now, I have to complain about lights. Ready. Set. GO.
Sometimes on the Posts, I am much more carefree to discuss the real me.
Let's go with Lights.
I dreamed 30 years ago, of a loved one who had died in supreme self-centeredness. And this family, loved one, abandoned the entire family and, in truth, lived like the prodigal son the rest of his days as he aged and left a 25 year marriage. The dream is still so real thirty years later, it was the day I spent with him in his house in the 7th level of Heaven. The sunlight was merciless desert. He was on the line of the boundary of Heaven. The visit was exceedingly loving. He realized he had reached grace to be where he was. A lovely house, a gigantic library, comfortable chairs, a cat (I recognized) and visitors. But the quality of the light was exceptional. Fry Light. An examination Light. Self examination.
And then when LED came out, I really was Not Jazzed.
Especially when Google used to recognize the ingredients were water and a hazmat cancer cleanup hazard. Suddenly during Biden, that warning went away as the news became unreliable. I have had cataracts and 3 surgeries, and LED isn't the best and most suitable non-glare light. Not Jazzed.
And I wondered... if Light of the world. And LED had anything in common with the culture in crisis, pandemic and dishonest news.
I freely acknowledge here ...
you did not have this dream, you haven't had cataracts or halos or beams from LEDs, and you don't see the light as LIGHT. These are my thoughts. Ok, granted. Fair enough. But could you wonder at the hazard, suddenly, being described as no big deal? I wonder about that too. And dishonesty.
Dishonesty and LED: If you spend $200 and $300 replacing your incandescent light bulbs, wow, are you going to save money! Big Lie. You are saving the planet, honey. And saving the grid. BUT... your electricity bill doesn't even go down $5. Not a damn dime. You have been lied to. I do not like a product that I am told is healthy and does not have one result. And then the car chargers are on fire, while all the household lights are LEDs.
Think honesty and the hazard to the wastewater. But the brilliant people tell us. That lead in gasoline will be fine. That microplastics are all ok. Huh.
Honesty.
Back to the Christmas Tree.
The LED lights from the Tree are so bright at night,
my 40 years of crafting individual ornaments (Angels) make them look like beige blobs.
I have tried putting the colors in order in vertical patterns. Ok.
I have tried groups of colored balls and ornaments and this works out best. I attach them all with high strength fishing line. Ok, with the tree glaring at me like headlights, I can make out a red and blue and green. And blob ornaments.
Then I discovered I could put colored incandescent lights and dim the halo glow.
WHY MY CHRISTMAS TREE HAS TAKEN 3 DAYS TO DECORATE:
Because my new incandescent lights are LED.
They are from Indonesia, and in Indonesia they do not speak English.
NOW THIS IS A HAZARD.
WHY you ask. Because I use my incandescent Christmas Tree String Lights as HEAT FIXTURES FOR ALL MY PLANTS DURING A FREEZE.
LED do not do one or a blessed thing for plants in freezing weather.
I am so frustrated.
I put incandescent lights on, and they are the wrong size in length.
And I buy more and then realize that there is no heat,
this is
NOT INCANDESCENT LIGHTS.
Let's talk about HONESTY AGAIN.
WHEN WAS AN INCANDESCENT LIGHT
Ever ever ever ever ever
having a law passed against Technology
with a purpose like
Incandescent Light Bulbs.
And is the product with so much dishonesty about laws
wattage
effects and all of that
OK. No.
Sincerity
THIS. IS. The Layers of Christmas. It is so annoying
and in the doldrums of January. I will completely and totally miss the Joy of Christmas.
Because if we don't search for our Blessings. They will take off like a Rocket and the flame won't even warm us.
And if we stuff the emotions into our pressure cooker brain, it will make the tongue explode.
Edward and I were listening to cheesy lounge music from the 1990s. You don't want to swim in the drink there. Just basically illness. It's a relief to leave the tunes. Enjoying Christmas, no matter the effort, is much more fulfilling to find Joy. Love. Hope Faith.
We have to deal honestly with the frustration. Speak in a loud tone. Utter Dire Events and go on down the path with some renewed enthusiasm for Christmas.
Choices to be made. Honesty and regaining the Christmas Blessing.
Psalm 62:8
Trust in Him at all times,
O people;
pour out your hearts before Him.
God is our refuge.
Selah
We will, by help of God. Comfort, Comforter, Helper, Help OUR GOD
Find the Blessings.
Abba, Father!
Dwell in me,
Dwell in us,
Dwell in those we Love,
Help us to seek You first.
And we will finish well,
in Jesus Christ.
Help us seek and find
and bring,
to become,
more Heaven
to this earth.
Amen Amen
Amen
Amen
And for our
first grandchild
in June
Good Health
and God's Blessings
For the Gift of Love
Jesus,
Amen
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
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