Holy Night!

There’s one word that describes the night Jesus came—ordinary. It was an ordinary night with ordinary sheep and ordinary shepherds. And were it not for a God who loves to hook an “extra” on the front of the ordinary, the night would have gone unnoticed. But God dances amidst the common. And that night, He did a waltz! The night was ordinary no more.

The announcement went first to the shepherds. They didn’t ask God if He was sure He knew what He was doing. Theologians would have consulted their commentaries.  The elite would have looked to see if anyone was watching. The successful would have first looked to their calendars. The angels went to the shepherds. Men who didn’t know enough to tell God that messiahs aren’t found sleeping in a feed trough. God comes to the common—because His most powerful tools are the simplest!

From In the Manger ~Max Lucado

I am off to spend the next 3 days with my Columbus babies while Mommy and Daddy are in the Bahamas for their anniversary.....wish me the energy to keep up with the 4 of them :)

Be blessed in God's love for you!

JESUS PAID THE PRICE SO THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO...BLESSED IS HIS NAME FOR GOOD IN THIS WORLD

After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit (Mt. 1:18 NKJV). Joseph was perched firmly on his branch in the tree. Predictable and solid, Joseph had no intention of leaving it. That is, until he was told to go out on a limb.

“Conceived by the Holy Spirit? Come on! Who will believe me?”

Pride told him not to do it. But God told him to do it. I have a feeling you can relate to Joseph. One foot in your will and one foot in His. His will or yours? Disrupting, isn’t it? You can bet it won’t be easy. Limb-climbing has never been. Ask Joseph…or better yet, ask Jesus! He knows better than anyone the cost of hanging on a tree!

From In the Manger

another Max Lucado thought....

Proliferating throughout Scripture is an enticing and inviting preposition —the preposition “in.” Jesus lives in his children. From Revelation 3:20, Jesus says, “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.”

God in us! Have we sounded the depth of this promise? With God in you, you have a million resources you didn’t have before. Can’t stop worrying? Christ can. And he lives within you. Can’t forget the past, forgive the jerk, or forsake your bad habits? Christ can! And he lives in you.

Oh to be so full of him that we could say with the apostle Paul, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me!”

From In the Manger

You are fearfully and wonderfully made :)

“You (God) know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something.” Psalm 139:15

The LORD says: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” Jeremiah 31:3

Have a blessed day!

My Lord and my God! At the cross where heaven meets man....

You can see the world standing tall, but to witness the Savior, you have to get on your knees! So, at the birth of Jesus. . .while the theologians were sleeping and the elite were dreaming and the successful were snoring…the meek were kneeling. They were kneeling before the One only the meek will see. They were kneeling in front of Jesus!

In this day of Advent, this is Max Lucado.

Be blessed this Holy season.

Thessalonians 5:18 tells us to “give thanks in everything!”

I am thankful for everyone that God has placed in my life and humbled by His love for His creation...us!

My family is all together and we are celebrating all the good in this world and most of all for Family....we are blessed beyond measure!!!

Have a blessed Thanksgiving.

Feeling sad and disheartened today...

Prayers for the parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends of Michael Brown and the Ferguson community who will no longer be able to hold, laugh with or talk to their fellow hometown son until they meet him in heaven........the loss of a child is an unbearable sorrow not only to the family but also to whole the community.