Christmas

When God takes something from your grasp, he's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. Concentrate on this sentence. "The will of God  will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you."  Prayer:  'God our Father, walk through my house and take away all my worries  and illnesses and please watch over and heal my family in your name, Amen.'

MERRY CHRISTMAS

May God's gracious presence wrap around and protect you. May the promise of the holy Christ child forever rest in the curve of your life. May the sweet, fearless song of the Holy Spirit sing you to sleep and waken you in Advent dawns. May you, and those you love and serve,expect the good news, Immanuel, God-With-Us. Amen. - Pamela C. Hawkins Behold!

Advent THoughts

Christmas Shopping Jesus, I think I hear you coming. I think I hear a sound that says you’ve cared your way into my life again. I think I see a light more lasting than the ones we hang on trees. I think I see a world that’s splashed with God again so gospelled with his presence so covered with his love yet, lonely still. . . O shoppers, dear shoppers put your carts away. Please put your carts away and search deep down within your hearts for gifts that will not rust or fade O look into your God-splashed, gospelled hearts and see! See Christmas standing there waiting to be, not bought but given free. Sister Macrina Wiederkehr, Seasons of Your Heart

Thought for the Day

Help me, dear God, to see my brother with the eyes of Christ, to hear my sister with the ears of Christ, to taste my neighbor’s hunger with the mouth of Christ, to smell creation’s beauty with the nose of Christ, to touch the world’s pain with the hands of Christ and to love life, each life, every life, with the heart of Christ. - Sam Hamilton-Poore Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation