"As we celebrate the season of Advent & look to the coming of the King, I invite you to join me in asking for God's gift of sight. Ask the Spirit to grant you the blessing of vision that goes beyond, the race to recognize His 'kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.' Jesus has given us a glimpse of the future, & His Word has gifted us with the power to impact for eternity the only thing on this earth that will last--people. Implore His guidance as you invest your time, talents, & treasurers. Encouraged by His promises, seek to encourage others by sharing with them the love of God found only in His Son Jesus." --Phil Johnson, Lutheran Laymen's League Report, Fall 2019
FAMILY
"I treasure those memories & the things (family) taught me:
- That families aren't perfect, but they prepare us to find our way in an imperfect world.
- That they give us memories, good & bad, including some we'll laugh at when we're old.
- That we may think they're crazy, but one day we'll realize that all families are crazy in their own peculiar ways." --Sharon Randall, Norfolk Daily News, 12/17
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
“If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist. If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer. But our greatest need was forgiveness, so God sent us a Savior” . . .
"The story of the historic Jesus Christ, whose birth is celebrated at Christmas is similar in some ways, yet vastly different. The eternal Son of God puts on human form in the Incarnation. He enters the very world he created as an infant miraculously born of a virgin. But his entry into this world is not to restrain evil, but to overcome it. Not for a time but forever. He validated his victory over evil by vanquishing death itself, the final tangible evidence of evil through his resurrection from the dead. He remains forever, fully God and fully Man." --Charles Premkumar Joseph, Slice of Infinity
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