Matthew 25:42,45 "For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink. Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me." (KJV)Homelessness and people...
Matthew 2:11 – On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. (NIV)Perhaps this Christmas, you'll be giving at...
Christmas 1994, my wife had died in September. I did not want to put a tree up, but the kids were all for it. So we dragged out the box of ornaments and the tree. In the box with the tree was a notebook.I opened the book. It was a semi-journal from my deceased wife....
It was the middle of December several years ago. I had some old Christmas records playing.A light snow was falling outside but I didn’t mind. I was getting ready to head to my daughter’s college to bring her home for the holidays.The weather forecast had only called...
I love Christmas. I am reminded of the greatest gift given to mankind-eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.When we put up our tree, I am reminded of the sacrifice our Lord did for one and all. (Acts 5:30) “The God of our fathers raised Jesus from the dead whom...
It was the middle of December, I'd not decorated, and I was feeling guilty. During my childhood, we gave the house its holiday look the day after Thanksgiving. This year was different. I had neither holiday spirit nor the energy to decorate. Also, my heart was heavy,...
I have always loved Christmas music and I don’t just listen to it in December either. I have been known to listen to “The Christmas Song” on the first day of Spring, “Jingle Bells” during the worst heat of Summer, and “Let it snow” while the leaves are peaking in the...