And she gave birth to her first son. Because there were no rooms left in the inn, she wrapped the baby with pieces of cloth and laid him in a box where animals are fed. Luke 2:7 “Dear tiny infant Jesus… Look, I like the Christmas Jesus best… Dear tiny Jesus, in your golden, fleece diapers with your tiny, little fat balled up fists… Look, I like the baby version the best, you hear me! [...]
Lord, you have examined me and know all about me. Psalm 139:1 We were on our way home from visiting friends in Florida and decided to stop at the Holy Land Experience in Orlando. If you haven’t been there, it’s a walk-through experience of Biblical history – theme park without the rides. One of my favorite parts was the Scriptorium; a visual and dramatic history of the Scriptures. As we moved through the timeline and [...]
How beautiful is the person who comes over the mountains to bring good news, who announces peace and brings good news, who announces salvation and says to Jerusalem, “Your God is King.” Isaiah 52:7 When I was 5 years old my parents gave me a cowboy outfit complete with gun belt, silver cap guns, hat, vest and yes even a star badge. We were visiting my grandparents that Christmas. I woke up early and it [...]
The Lord says, “My thoughts are not like your thoughts. Your ways are not like my ways. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 In the movie Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade, Indiana on his quest to find the Holy Grail and save his father comes to a great chasm. Being a man of science [...]
A child has been born to us, God has given a son to us. He will be responsible for leading the people. His name will be Wonderful Counselor, Powerful God, Father Who Lives Forever, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 It’s amazing how smart your parents seem the older you get. You begin to understand this when you have children of your own. I remember asking for things as a child that my father would say [...]
