O hush the noise ...

this quote from Edmund Sears sums up the season for me ... so much needless chatter about things that perish and that have no eternal value ... when will we ever learn to listen ... we need to still ourselves before the Lord and to hear the message that rang out clear from heaven 2000 years ago ... and still rings out ... the Saviour IS born!

God is not bound by time ...

In Jesus Christ, eternity embraced time ... 

so that those of us who are bound by time, 

may one day embrace eternity.  

~ David Jeremiah

light of the world ...

now is our opportunity to be a reflection of Jesus ... full of mercy, love, non-threatening, peaceful ... we cannot do anything about what people say or think ... our calling is to BE the light in our current darkness ... 

thank you Jesus ...

these are my poinsettias ... i've been enjoying them for 2 weeks now ... they remind me of Christ's sacrifice ... His blood shed for us ... yes, ESPECIALLY at this time of year - His atonement for my sins comes through all the tinsel, goodies and hype of the commercialism of what we  now call Christmas ... Jeremiah wrote "The Lord our righteousness" ... and immediately my own thoughts added:  has come ... 

thank  you Jesus for that GIFT of grace ... thank you that it is a universal gift ... thank you that YOU still speak to hearts, even though we wade neck deep in commercialism and unrealistic nostalgia ...

thank You for John 3:16 ...

reflection

i took this picture at our town beach this morning ... it reminded me that i want to reflect God like the calm waters reflect the morning sun ... may Jesus be seen in me ...