Sort of just did a few little things this morning, then had breakfast before picking Autmn up. We had a few errands to handle and it was fun to have her company. She’s become such a nice young woman! We went to the bank, to visit ‘Santa’ (sort of), and mailed a few things at the post office. I came home to laundry and listened to four preaching messages. I felt drawn to their messages and it was balm to my soul.
However, I have a resident stink bug who is like that cat who came back no matter how hard you tried to get rid of him! Today he was sitting on the Christmas tree on my light string! He is now —- no more…..
I will share Greg’s message from Vanderbilt. Several messages from Sunday focused on John the Baptist and Zechariah/Elizabeth. Greg talked about the fact that between the book of Malachi in the old testament and Matthew in the new, there was 400 years of silence. He explained that a tremendous amount of things happened in those 400 years, even if they were silent in the scripture. But ultimately, in the fullness of time God sent his Son. The world was (and currently IS!) full of unrest. God sent his angel to visit Zechariah, who was upright and righteous; the angel startled Zechariah and he was fearful. This taught us 3 things: 1) Be transformed continually by the Word (Stop watching the news! It will transform you in the wrong way!) Don’t be part of the world; be part of the Word! Do not be conformed to the world! Scriptures are our guide and salvation. 2) Be thoughtful (Philippians 4:8) – what do we think about? We should think about what is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, praiseworthy. 3) Be available. God will use us. We need to speak about JESUS, not the VIRUS!
On this day in 1787 Delaware was the first state to ratify the US Constitution, and 1941 the Imperial Japanese Navy with 353 planes attacked the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people. In 1990 Ted Turner and Jane Fonda announced their engagement. Harry Morgan died in 2011 at age 96. Harry Chapin was born in 1942 (wrote Cat’s in the Cradle and Taxi). My cousin’s granddaughter, Autumn, is celebrating a birthday today with her new baby boy, and my best friend since 9th grade (Gen Morris) is celebrating a birthday today. We have been through thick and thin, and she has been a pillar of friendship and support in my life since then. Happy birthday, Gen, and many more! Love you!
TOMORROW December 8 is:
I had a bite of brownie today so won’t be doing that tomorrow. And I travel through time every day – one minute at a time. Have a great Tuesday, and better be good: Santa is watching and he’ll be comin’ to town soon! God Bless!
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