"Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another." John 13:34b (MSG)Christmas is all about genuine love. We give presents to people we love. We feast with our loved ones. We share stories from the past and we have a good laugh.It is easy to love...
"While they were in Bethlehem, the time came for Mary to have her child. She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger because there wasn't any room for them in the inn." Luke 2:6-7 (GW)This is the original Christmas....
"I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: 'Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! They're his people, he's their God. He'll wipe every tear from their eyes. Death is gone for good-tears gone, crying gone, pain gone-all the...
"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he...
"Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight." 1 Peter 3:4 (NIV)We were camping in the Fraconia Notch State Park in the beautiful state of New Hampshire. I had tried to find a...
"Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart's desires." Psalm 37:4 NLT The doctor said none, but he said some. Like his father, Dad loved to eat ice cream-and did every night before he went to bed. At a certain time, he would make his way to the...
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...
