Real Is Real, Whether Seen or Unseen
In a busy week of preparing for Easter Sunday service and getting my home ready for a family gathering, I find it helpful to remember what is real---whether seen or unseen.
In a busy week of preparing for Easter Sunday service and getting my home ready for a family gathering, I find it helpful to remember what is real---whether seen or unseen.
Some books provide me important infomation, like how to cook chicken with goat cheese and balsamic syrup. Others mess with my insides and meddle with my thoughts long after I've laid a book down.
Does making a mistake cause you to feel like a failure? Have emotional wounds taken you captive. Do you ever wonder who you really are and if your life has meaning, value and worth?
Father, who sent the Son, Birth promise in my heart. Spirit, who guided the magi, Direct my wanderings.
House decorated--check! Christmas Eve dinner reservations made--check! Menu planned for Christmas day--check! Gifts gought and wrapped--workin' o it. Waiting for Christ . . . say what?
Advent comes from the Latin and means "coming." It is the time of preparation before Christmas that helps us focus on the joy of the three comings of Christ.