The Waiting

“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.” ~Psalm 27:14 I’ve never liked waiting. The thought of it makes my inmost being twist up into knots of impatient despair. Over the years I’ve learned to distract myself as I wait so as not […]

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Joyous Shepherds and an Unplanned Christmas

“In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem,  because he was of the house and lineage of David,  to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.  And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.  And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” ~Luke 2: 1-7 When I think of Christmas I think of being home with my family. I think of the tree with the same ornaments we’ve hung on it since I was just a toddler, of the food my mom makes only during this time of year, and of the traditions […]

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