What fine, fun gifts did you receive this Christmas? I hope the real GIFT did not pass you by. Though the day of celebration has come and gone, the time to receive salvation has not. You can be forgiven of your sins at any time just by accepting Jesus Christ as your savior. He is the gift that keeps giving.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
precious life and love
Life is a whirlwind. We get caught up in our moments and time passes in a blink. Don't take those moments for granted.
In my weeks of blogosphere silence, I've come to know that two marriages have folded, a life has dangled dangerously close to the edge, one has actually fallen over it, and two other lives flirted along the guardrail.
During this season of reflection and appreciation, life tends to mean more than any other time of the year. This is when families draw close and love is shared until cups overflow. Christmas is when some of the most precious memories are made, and I say to you tonight that this Christmas will be an unforgettable one to those lives mentioned above.
For the family that is broken, this will be a Christmas where a mother's strength must rise above her heartache for the sake of her sons. For the wife who watched her husband walk away, this will be a Christmas to surround herself with family, friends, and those who can bring her just enough joy to get through it.
Just as much strength is required for the family watching their son fight cancer, the car accident victims who are nursing battered bodies, and the father with two small boys who will share their first Christmas without a wife and mother.
It is absolutely not acceptable that we take life for granted. In a flash our friends, mothers, fathers, and children can be taken away from this earth. Everything we "know" can be taken away. A world upside down. Reality inside out. Shaken and stirred.
My prayer for every set of eyes reading this is that you will embrace your loved ones, say "I love you" and thank the Almighty Giver of Life for every breath He gives you.
I can't pretend to know what heartbreak each of these on my heart is experiencing, so it's easy for me to tell them that God is near the brokenhearted (Psalm 34:18), that He will never leave or forsake them (Hebrews 13:5), and that He only wants to give them hope (Jeremiah 29:11). Yet, that is what I have to share and know to say. It is what I know. I know these things to be true. Please, cling to them. Recite them. Tuck them away into your heart and know them, too. He is the only remedy for brokenness.
Much Love and Many Prayers,
In my weeks of blogosphere silence, I've come to know that two marriages have folded, a life has dangled dangerously close to the edge, one has actually fallen over it, and two other lives flirted along the guardrail.
During this season of reflection and appreciation, life tends to mean more than any other time of the year. This is when families draw close and love is shared until cups overflow. Christmas is when some of the most precious memories are made, and I say to you tonight that this Christmas will be an unforgettable one to those lives mentioned above.
For the family that is broken, this will be a Christmas where a mother's strength must rise above her heartache for the sake of her sons. For the wife who watched her husband walk away, this will be a Christmas to surround herself with family, friends, and those who can bring her just enough joy to get through it.
Just as much strength is required for the family watching their son fight cancer, the car accident victims who are nursing battered bodies, and the father with two small boys who will share their first Christmas without a wife and mother.
It is absolutely not acceptable that we take life for granted. In a flash our friends, mothers, fathers, and children can be taken away from this earth. Everything we "know" can be taken away. A world upside down. Reality inside out. Shaken and stirred.
My prayer for every set of eyes reading this is that you will embrace your loved ones, say "I love you" and thank the Almighty Giver of Life for every breath He gives you.
I can't pretend to know what heartbreak each of these on my heart is experiencing, so it's easy for me to tell them that God is near the brokenhearted (Psalm 34:18), that He will never leave or forsake them (Hebrews 13:5), and that He only wants to give them hope (Jeremiah 29:11). Yet, that is what I have to share and know to say. It is what I know. I know these things to be true. Please, cling to them. Recite them. Tuck them away into your heart and know them, too. He is the only remedy for brokenness.
Much Love and Many Prayers,
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