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Mother Teresa: We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.
" Today's offering:
the Giving of Thanks
Health reform lite or a value meal?
Weep for America
WELL I'LL BE A MONKYS UNCLE!
You can't blow bubbles!...
Tis Herself . . .
Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy, which transports us into the soul and heart of another person. ln those transparent moments we know other people's joys and sorrows, and we care about their concerns as if they were our own.
Sunday Brunch with Denis and Marti
Reflections....of a Pastor
Potty Training...It's my potty and...
How to get to Heaven from where you live.
When we die and go to Heaven, our Maker is not going to say, ''Why didn't you discover the cure for such and such?'' The only thing we're going to be asked at that precious moment is ''Why didn't you become you? ''
How teens see heaven
Life in 30 nanoseconds or less
The real and the fiction
What we all need to learn about our Religion!
Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. --C.S. Lewis
Holiness unto the Lord (conclusion)
Yom Kippur
The significance of Yom Kippur for the Pentateuch challenged
How much do we know about the Early Christian Church?
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A sleeping soldier?
Gentle Reader,
We celebrate while others watch. Enjoy your holy days while we share with you. "The Gift"
T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF
PLASTER AND STONE.
I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
AND TO SEE JUST WHO
IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.
I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
NOT EVEN A TREE.
NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES
OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.
WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
A SOBER THOUGHT
CAME THROUGH MY MIND.
FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.
THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
SILENT, ALONE,
CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR
IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.
THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE,
THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,
NOT HOW I PICTURED
A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.
WAS THIS THE HERO OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED?I REALIZED THE FAMILIES
THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS
WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.
SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE
A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM
EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS,
LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.
I COULDN'T HELP WONDER
HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE
IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.
THE VERY THOUGHT
BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,
I DROPPED TO MY KNEES
AND STARTED TO CRY.
THE SOLDIER AWAKENED
AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
"SANTA DON'T CRY,
THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;
I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,
MY LIFE IS MY GOD,
MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS."
THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER
AND SOON DRIFTED TO SLEEP,
I COULDN'T CONTROL IT,
I CONTINUED TO WEEP.
I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
SO SILENT AND STILL
AND WE BOTH SHIVERED
FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR
SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,
WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA,
IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE."
ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."
Another watcher
A HEBREW SAGE MIGHT SAY. . .
Heaven and nature sing "Joy to the world, the LORD has come!!!"
THE STORY OF CHANUKKAH (Part 3)
The 24th of Kislev was important to Israel years before the Maccabees memorialized it with Chanukkah. It was the day that "The FOUNDATION was laid for the LORD'S Temple." [Haggai/Chagai 2. 18 - 19] It was also a day when victory was promised to the Children of Israel, the ETERNAL ONE said, "Speak to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. And I will overturn the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathens. I will overturn chariots and their drivers. Horses and their riders shall fall, each by the sword of his brother - - for I have chosen you and will bring you close to Me, says the LORD OF HOSTS." [Haggai (Chagai) 2. 21 - 23 Tanakh, Nevi'im] {Special Note: Zerubbabel is the center of the MESSIANIC Line and like a signet, seals both branches together. . . OBEDIENCE -- present blessing; PROMISE -- future blessing.}
This Day now celebrated as Chanukkah was "A DAY of FAITH." It was in the dead of winter, food was scarce [Haggai (Chagai) 2. 16 - 17] it seemed as if the ALMIGHTY had forsaken HIS people. Yet, the LORD said, "from THIS DAY, I will send you blessings." Haggai looked forward to the harvest (SUCCOTH - Feast of Ingathering / Booths) which was nine months away. [Haggai/Chagai 2. 19]
Was MESSIAH JESUS, therefore, conceived on Chanukkah; born on Yom Kippur, and circumcised the 8th day in the middle of the Feast of Tabernacles? "The WORD was made flesh and tabernacled among us." [John 1. 14] HE announced Jubilee at the beginning of His ministry. [Luke 4. 16 - 21] HE died as the Passover LAMB. [1 Corinthians 5. 7] On Chanukkah, HE plainly said that HE was the MESSIAH. [John 10. 22 - 25] On Pentecost, HE sent HIS SPIRIT "to guide you into all Truth." [John 16. 13] Maybe soon, on some Feast of Trumpets, the LORD JESUS will come for all who believe in HIM. [1 Thessalonians 4. 13 - 18] Then on the following Day of Atonement, "HE will turn ungodliness from Jacob and take away their sins, and so all Israel will be saved." [Romans 11. 26 - 27] "Then the Kingdom will be set up, Israel will be re-gathered, and ALL the nations shall go up from year to year to bow low and worship the KING, the LORD OF HOSTS, and to observe the Feast of Tabernacles (Booths)." [Zechariah (Zecharyah) 14. 16 Tanakh, Nevi'im]
The LORD GOD delivered Israel to fulfill the promise through Haggai, HE delivered Israel in the days of the Maccabees, and HE is able to deliver Israel in this day. When things look the worst, when you see these things, know that HE is near, even at the door. [Matthew 24. 33]
Josephus, the Jewish historian, was the first person to make lighting one candle for each of the 8 Days. . . calling it the FEAST of LIGHT. The custom of lighting the candles originated sometime shortly AFTER the earthly life of MESSIAH YESHUA, and continues to this very day.
. . . to be continued
Sha'alu (Pray) for the Shalom (Peace) of Jerusalem and all of Israel and the world!
Denis
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