December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 360: Yesterday’s Mess. After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.“Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” Matthew 2:13 There are few things more…
December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 359, Merry Christmas! “ And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born.” Luke 2:6 Merry Christmas, readers! On this morning, how can we not reflect upon the beautiful baby Jesus? For, as today’s verse celebrates, “the time came for her baby to be born.” The time came! In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon lists that…
December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 358: Keepsakes. “We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him.” Matthew 2:2 There is a little statue that sits on my desk. It’s a blue bird with a Christmas hat. I think it was stuck in a Christmas planter sent to my Grandma one year, and she noticed I liked it and told me…
December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 357: Callbacks. “And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 The story of Christ’s birth tells of ordinary people who loved God, and ended up together on what would be the night that changed the face of the earth forever. Humanity …we long for benchmarks, standards,…
December #jammed: Grace, gifted. Day 356: True Colors. “I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.” Psalm 57:2 The light caught my wedding bands and exposed the yellow gold purging through as the white gold finish began to wear off again. The wear reflects the reality of life that has settled in long after the magical carriage…