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Familiar Carols
With Christmas quickly approaching, there are many Christmas songs on my mind. But one in particular reminds me to not just sing, but to really know and think about the words. "Christmas Bells" or "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a...
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Christmas is well on it's way! I love this time of year! It's wonderful, but not for the lights, decorations, sales, and general festivity. One of the most wonderful things ever to happen in history gets to come to the forefront of our minds. Not that we don't think...
Conversations with God – I Can’t
This post was inspired by what a teacher said in Sunday School yesterday. Sometimes when God calls us to do something, we come up with all the reasons why we can't or shouldn't. We do it as if God doesn't know our past or our minds and hearts. "But God, I've done this...
Give Thanks to God
I started this post by looking for Bible verses that say "give thanks." There are a lot, and those aren't even all the verses that talk about thankfulness! I started with Psalm 18:49. In the context of this verse, David is thanking God for victories and occasions of...
Where Are the Nine?
Yesterday morning's sermon was on the ten lepers that Jesus had cleansed. Only one of them turned back to thank Jesus. Jesus' question is sticking out to me, "Where are the nine?" That makes me look at myself. God does good things for me every day. God gives me...
Preparation
Everyone has been planning and preparing for the holidays, notably Thanksgiving and Christmas, and many more holidays. But sometimes we get so lost in our planning that we forget to prepare. I don't really mean the preparation to get the turkey out ahead of time...