The 25 Days of Christmas ~ Day 23

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21

We have carried our sins with us for so long. Why would anyone think that we could live any other way? We have grown complacent and numb to the pain that is caused by those sins.

And when the Torah is read, we say that we love Your Law, Yahweh, and yet we leave the synagogue to berate our neighbors and steal from our customers. 

O Father in Heaven how long can we go on, living this way? 
When will You send Messiah? . . . 

To read more of this post,

and the thoughts of a people in waiting

so long ago,

please join me over at 

Purposeful and Meaningful 

with my friend Ifeoma Samuel.

Christmas is only two days away!

Are you prepared 

to welcome the Savior?

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And this is the last day to join in

with the great #Holyhaiku challenge

hosted by my friend Susan Shipe

@hopehearthome 

where the prompt is
"Jesus as a child."

 

  

I Pray that you will

have the most

Blessed Christmas

of all~~to find

the Babe of the manger

to be

your Lord and Savior!

And may you have

A New Year

filled with

HIS GIFTS OF GRACE.

I will be taking a small break,

and return back here in early January, 

sharing with you

the #Oneword for 2018

that I believe the Lord has

been whispering to me. 

I am so thankful for the gift

of getting to know each one of you! 

I am linking with:

#Graceandtruth 

#Tellhisstory 

 

25 Days of Christmas ~ Day 15

“But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.” Matthew 2:6

 

Our Father sent the Angels to announce the birth of HIS true Shepherd, to the humble shepherds in the field that night. It could not have been a coincidence. 

 

God plans every detail of how this world moves—He planned for their knowing and pondering and then rejoicing.

Isn’t it the lowliest among us who often have the clearest view of Heaven?

Jesus himself told us that in order to see Heaven we would need to become as little children. . . . 

To read more of this post, please come join me at

Purposeful and Meaningful 

with my friend Ifeoma Samuel. We have prayerfully 

prepared devotionals and activities

for you and your family during this 

Advent Season.

Be Blessed!

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And the #HolyHaiku continues with my friend Susan Shipe

@hopehearthome 

where the prompt yesterday was "Search me O God."
Even though I am a day late, I found myself
compelled to ponder this prayer:

 

In the humblest of days,

In the smallest of journeys,

Christ would come to dwell

in me

and you. 

May we prepare Him room. 

 

I am linking this week with:
#GraceandTruth 
#TuneInThursday