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Dec. 21, 2008 - Christmas Is Just Around The Corner- Ramblings.
When Thansgiving weekend ends, it seems that we have this huge expanse of time to get all the things done that we need to do for Christmas. And we chug along, getting our stuff done. But maybe I'm not chugging fast enough because, ta-da! it's going to be here in just two days. (We celebrate Christmas Eve two so that day counts)
The tree is up, the gifts are on their way and will be wrapped once I can sneak away. Cookies and baking for gifts still needs to be done and I still have the gifts for my brother's family to complete and I'm having a hard time with that. The house is done, the menu is planned, the kids are excited. Even the weather is cooperating by being very cold and rainy. (We won't get snow) Tonight we even celebrated Chanuka, since we studied the Jewish Feasts this year. And tonight is the last Sunday before Advent.
But my heart........oh, I need to find some time to really reflect on God incarnate. The idea that God came down as a little tiny and helpless babe just baffles me. He left His Glory in Heaven to be among us. And then He didn't just walk among us, He loved us. He loved us in His life and His death and then again at His resurrection.
I'll never forget the first time I walked into a Russian Orthadox Church. There, in the front, were two large icon pictures. One of Jesus and Mary and the other of Jesus alone, in all His glory. The priest told me that their church looks at these icons each Sunday and remembers Jesus's first coming, as fully God and fully man who came to save us from our sins. The second picture is the picture when He comes again. What a beautiful thing to see each Sunday morning. Our church does not have those icon pictures, but my heart does. |
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Dec. 21, 2008 - Thank you
God's blessings on your Christmas!
Rachel