At the baptism of Jesus, the Father and the Spirit are present (Matthew 3), indicating the diversity of the Trinity as well as the unity. In Deuteronomy 6, God reminds his people of the importance of family and why we should as mature adults pass our faith on to the next generation. The Bible in general reminds us of the importance of Jesus, our Savior.
This holiday season, I want to encourage you to focus on what is important: finding ways to be unified amidst all the diversity; finding ways to pass your faith on to the next generation that you have the privilege of spending time with this season; finding ways to give glory to Jesus for what he has done for you, not just this season, but for eternity.
If you have any prayer requests please feel free to let me know. I am here for you, to pray for you, to encourage you. God bless and Merry Christmas!
I believe Christmas is the most wonderful time of year. However, I also believe that we have taken the wonder and splendor out of Christmas by the many things we do in place of Christ. I wonder what would happen if we went back to the traditional Christmas years of 'Merry Christmas' where we would always 'Be Kind' and 'Forgive' because there is never a wrong time to do the right thing. I believe our world would be Christmas all through the year if our hearts were in such a place of living to give and giving to live and putting others before ourselves. We are here to be 'fishers of men' not to be 'the men'. I believe this is often forgotten. Happy New Year to all of you.
ReplyDeleteBe Blessed as you are a blessing to those you meet each day.