10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. Matthew 2:10
Merry Christmas! I pray your day is filled with joy, and that you keep following after that ever shining star.
Month: December 2011
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Happy Eggnog Day
I couldn’t let this one pass, so here is a special Saturday edition of the Buffet! It’s National Eggnog Day! So break out the eggnog ( non-alcoholic, of course!), and celebrate the season!
Oh and for some fun today with the family you can track Santa over at NORAD.
And just in case you are wondering, I am not shopping today – I finished yesterday – well ahead of schedule!
Feliz Navidad!
18-21The birth of Jesus Christ happened like this. When Mary was engaged to Joseph, just before their marriage, she was discovered to be pregnant—by the Holy Spirit. Whereupon Joseph, her future husband, who was a good man and did not want to see her disgraced, planned to break off the engagement quietly. But while he was turning the matter over in his mind an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife! What she has conceived is conceived through the Holy Spirit, and she will give birth to a son, whom you will call Jesus (‘the Saviour’) for it is he who will save his people from their sins.”
22-23 All this happened to fulfil what the Lord had said through the prophet—‘Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel’. (“Immanuel” means “God with us.”)
24-25When Joseph woke up he did what the angel had told him. He married Mary, but had no intercourse with her until she had given birth to a son. Then he gave him the name Jesus.Matthew 1:18-24 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS)
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Love Another
As we approach the holiday weekend, spend a little time of the reason for our celebration – peace, hope and love. And don’t forget the example that Christ-followers try to base there lives on.
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4 7-12
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Bowl Season!
Yeah, it’s Bowl week, and it’s gotten off to a great start with to game saving touchdowns late in the game. I have to say that fourth down call by The Herd was a great play. But here’s something pretty cool that happened off the field.
As you probably know, the players are rewarded quite well at this games. The bowl gifts range from TV’s to watches, from iPods to rings. Tons o’ swag – well – of course swag that is under the $300 NCAA limit. Yesterday however, a few Louisiana Tech players gave their packages to children from the Make-A-Wish foundation. That’s probably even more incredible than the touchdowns and tackles. Jump over and read about it here.
And be inspired by the heart of those players, and the magic of the Christmas season.
Keep Giving!
38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38 New International Version (NIV)
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Last Minute
Wow, I can’t believe it’s the day before the night before the night before the night before the night before Christmas. It is nearly upon us! And to be quite honest, I still have tons of shopping to do – which is actually unusual for me. Oh well, I think I will join the rest of the men out buying vacuum cleaners and whatever Christmas sweater or jewelry they can find on Christmas Eve. Amy is going to love this year!
It’s just been one of those years – where the business of living life has overcome my ability to prepare for important events that lie ahead. Or maybe I a just have procrastinated.
Anyway, I am sure you are also finding some last minutes things to scramble for, they may not be as large of scale as the scramble that lies ahead of me. And really some of that hustle is part of the fun of celebrating Christmas. I mean who doesn’t love getting in all that last-minute traffic on Christmas Eve?
But let’s not let that happen to our spirits. Keep that in the forefront and guard that part of your life with extreme prejudice.
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 New International Version (NIV)