I pray for you, ya know. In addition to begging God for His words and not my own agenda, I pray that you will see through my thoughts, my ramblings, my journals and use this space as a catalyst for your own conversation with Jesus. Let us press on towards our goal of seeking Awe and Wonder this Advent. Let us not allow the familiar distractions of stress, emotions, buying, wrapping, gifting to divert our eyes toward the heavenlies and sing heart songs such as, O Come Let Us Adore Him. Press on toward the goal friends. Keep praying … Continue Reading »»
Sarah Martin
Today I’m sitting with one Bible translation opened to the Old Testament, another translation opened to the New Testament and my computer screen filled with words from the Gospels of the Christmas story (New Testament, of course, too). If I say it once, I will say it so many many times again, my Awe and Wonder today is just simply (yet not so simply) reveling in the continuity of God’s Word through every single page of the Bible. When God says He will do something, He surly does it! When prophets of old in ancient days heard … Continue Reading »»
As much as I envisioned this series to be a perfect Advent experience, well…I dropped the ball. I’ve been sick in the bed with a stomach bug and barely and active brain cells to do much of anything. For me along this journey of Advent: Awe and Wonder, I’m learning to cut myself some slack and not beat myself up when I don’t meet my own high expectations. I wonder if you might do the same for yourself…especially this Christmas. Thank you for being patient with me. I wrote a post for Friday which never published like I intended. Whoops. … Continue Reading »»