Category: Holiday Scribbles
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Easter – another perspective
Beside himself in fury, Michael burst into the throne room and fell face down. “Do you see, Almighty One? Do you see what they are doing to Your Son?” “I see,” replied the One upon the throne clothed in brilliance so pure that no human could see it and live. In those two short words, […]
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nothing else
2008 was the year of “one thing”. Increasingly I heard the message that I need one focus in life. And that is to know God: to experience Him, to wonder at His works, to seek Him in the morning at the start of every day, to dedicate each day to Him, to His “to-do” list: “nothing more, nothing less…nothing else”…
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Mary marveled
Lost in the familiar story, I watch as Mary marvels. A noisy crowd of shepherds had just bumped and scuffed their way back out the door, leaving behind the odor of dirt and unwashed bodies. They hadn’t stayed long, only long enough to see her newborn baby in the manger. She slowly pieced together their disjointed chatterings. They said an angel had appeared in the night sky telling of the Messiah, then a host of angels joined him, shouting joyfully together. So impossible an event, but with the memory of the angel in her dream months ago, the glow of excitement on the shepherd’s faces and the animation of their words, she believed them. And marveled…
Cleverly Disguised 