Gifts and giving have taken center stage during Advent. We buy and wrap, we put some coins into the charity buckets, but what if we opened Christ-centered thoughts each day? What if we delivered them to family and friends, wrapped in thoughtful phrases and decorated with ribbons of our time and attention? It is rather…
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Think on These Things
Today’s Meditation Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. The season is in full swing, and we are admonished…
Advent Hope and Expectations, Day Two
From the beginning, God foreknew the need for His creation’s salvation. As we consider this our expectations and hopes rise in the light of the many promises centered around the advent of Christ. Read The Bible, Meditate Today’s Bible Meditation is found in Ephesians 1:3-14 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus…
Thankful for Provision
The Magi, Wise Men Long, long before Jesus was born, there were prophecies written about his coming. Daniel was taken captive into Babylonia and was one of the prophets who wrote down some of those clues. The Magi, men who studied such things as well as the stars for signs, pored over the writings and…
Joy Giving
Thankfulness for joy giving, rather than joy getting. We often need to be reminded for the greater effort invested in giving because our natural inclination is to think about what we “get”. “What is in it for us?” Â we tend to think. It takes time and training to be generous and magnanimous. It stretches us…
Sensing a New Direction
Thankful for Senses We were created with senses, those abilities to feel and understand the world around us and how to make our way forward in it. With our physical senses we bother experience joy and suffer pain, and with our inner senses, as well. Are we thankful for both or do we want everyday…
David Sings of His Thankfulness
No other prophet or priest had God say of him, “a man after my own heart” like King David. He understood how God responded to thanksgiving. It became recorded in Psalms that instruct God’s people to this day. The Psalms instruct, foretell prophetic things, some lead us in worship, many exalt God. We find solace,…
When Blessings Seem Like Burdens
In the Christmas rush, the giving might seem like burden. All the things to do, buying and wrapping presents, dealing with crowds of others all trying to do the same thing. Children who are too tired to cooperate, they are your “little blessings”, but there are times they try your patience. Relatives you love, but…
We are Thankful for the Creation
OUR BLUE GLOBE Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. God created the earth and all that is in it. It suffers along with us for the disconnection we humans have with our Creator. Jesus came to earth, became part of what we are, to fulfill the hopes of creation,…
