The date? December 7th, 2011. The arena? A living room, toy-strewn and holiday-festive. In one corner, we have a brand-new nine foot, pre-lit, fully decorated Christmas tree. Weakness? Bulbs burning hot and entire strands going kaput overnight. In the other corner, straight out of Christmas-planning-frenzy, a five foot four inch mother of three with a [...]
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The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Psalm 126:3 Coming to the end of December has a way of making me reflect on the year that has passed and on goals for the upcoming year. This year, sharing my testimony at a church function caused me to celebrate [...]
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2 The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them. 6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called [...]
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1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. 4 Joseph also [...]
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Just look at Him. He doesn’t look very remarkable, lying there in the straw. He seems much as any other newborn – red and wrinkled and making sucking motions with his tiny mouth in His sleep. Just the same, He was special. His mother Mary and her husband Joseph were simple, faithful peasants and they [...]
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Away in a manger no crib for a bed… the only resting place for this baby boy is a manager, a feeding trough for livestock. He is born to humble parents in humble surroundings. The Angels proclaim the birth of this precious baby: “And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the [...]
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Psalms 89:1a “I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever” (HCSB)
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
as Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning
new mercies I see.
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness,
Lord, unto me!
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon and stars In their courses above,
join with all nature in manifold witness
to Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
~ I greet the morning with this praise song in my heart, desiring a day spent in the presence of my heavenly Father. As this melody swells through my senses and lifts me to that special place of worship, the words are embedded deep in the core of me, “You, Father, are faithful; You love me with tenderness, mercy, and justice! My window frames the beauty of Nature; it shouts Your glory in its God-set cycles! You are all I need in the seasons of my life to come. The final verse, my theme song for today! ~
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Humming along,
Rhea
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