Will you join me today with some simple yet not-so-simple sentences which I typed across this page out of my own journaling of today’s Advent Scripture? Will you join me as we first look inward to grasp what we will call The Bigger Picture and then look outwardly to how we might live it out? Advent Scripture for today from THE VOICE: Isaiah 40:5-8 The Lord will be, really be, among us. The radiant glory of the Lord will be revealed. All flesh together will take it in. Believe it. None other than God, the Eternal, has spoken. A voice says, “Declare!” But what … Continue Reading »»
Monthly Archives: December 2013
I sat in my mother’s suburban as a young 8 year old girl during the “winter” days in Texas. Music always filled the space in that SUV, a cassette tape always in motion spilling out emotion that I would cling to as a girl and claim my own. Some of that musical emotion would come from albums like Madonna, Debbie Gibson, Paula Abdul or soundtracks of the movie Beaches. I loved music. I still do. As we drove around town running errands and preparing for our Christmas celebration, I specifically remember one cassette tape which I looked forward to playing … Continue Reading »»
Today we are going to take a stroll into the Old Testament and compare some interesting connections with the New Testament. The story of our Bible in it’s entirety is something each of us need to practice often––taking, soaking and learning from both the Old Testament and the New Testament. For, the Old Testament foretells the joyous news of our coming Savior which we see in the Gospels. Every single word in the Old Testament scriptures points to Jesus. Not one iota is sluff or extra or extraneous to our reading as the Bible in it’s whole. Though some may … Continue Reading »»