tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post1219312130490837540..comments2023-10-20T05:50:34.162-05:00Comments on with devotion: The Longest Nightkc bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-28720578387951564082006-12-12T07:20:00.000-06:002006-12-12T07:20:00.000-06:00I can't add to it. I'll just say it's a beautiful ...I can't add to it. I'll just say it's a beautiful and powerful bit of prose. <br /><br />I thank my God that I am having a year without any major trials. But I am well aware that the year will come when there will be an empty chair, or an illness, or some other trial to challenge my Christmas spirit. And when that comes, I'll do my best to remember this.<br /><br />(Don't you love when people say that they can add to something, and then proceed to write another paragraph!!?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-37882699715978677902006-12-12T04:15:00.000-06:002006-12-12T04:15:00.000-06:00Oooopps.........I meant to write
I will think of...Oooopps.........I meant to write <br /><br />I will think of what YOU have written.... it's early morning....I need a warm cup of tea to kickstart my noggin'<br /><br />Sorry about that.........<br /><br />Cheers.awarenesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098432781380754899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-72163371663461219562006-12-12T04:13:00.000-06:002006-12-12T04:13:00.000-06:00Beautiful........thought provoking and it touched ...Beautiful........thought provoking and it touched my heart. <br /><br />Winter Solstice is a double edged sword.....the longest night of the year, and yet I always feel a sense of hope because the nights can't any longer than that!!!<br /><br />This year, we are congregating with a bunch of friends and their families to break bread together and to build a big campfire outside in the middle of cold December...to warm us up and to bring light.<br /><br />I will think of what I have written.<br /><br />May you have a glorious day!!!!awarenesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098432781380754899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-17611538400135801632006-12-10T14:19:00.000-06:002006-12-10T14:19:00.000-06:00What a great story Pauly! Thanks for sharing it.
...What a great story Pauly! Thanks for sharing it.<br /><br />The only think I don't like about the meditation is I didn't write it :)kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-28363114580989288172006-12-10T12:27:00.000-06:002006-12-10T12:27:00.000-06:00Thanks, KB. I used the idea for a meditation in ou...Thanks, KB. I used the idea for a meditation in our service today. We talked about looking for opportunities to share Christ, the hope of Christmas, with those God sends to us who are without hope during this season. Lots of times we don't see the despair immediately, until we engage them in love. <br />If we can get beyond the surface smiles and "Merry Christmas"'s and really let people open up to us in a non-threatening way, we can give them God in a way that we didn't even know they might need. <br />My wife shared the story of a young lady who came into one of the pregnancy centers recently. She was considering giving her baby up for adoption (thank God she was not abortion-minded), and as she sat in the waiting area, she listened to the Christmas music playing in the backgraound. <br />As she spoke with the counselor, she said, "I decided to keep and parent my baby, because as I was listening to the Christmas music in the waiting room, I fell in love with my baby." <br />Only God.<br />He's the hope for the hopeful, the lost, and those in despair.<br />Merry Christmas, KB.20mileview.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01536793437877268409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-32702250210155378752006-12-09T13:32:00.000-06:002006-12-09T13:32:00.000-06:00KB! This is incredible. I am linking to this sin...KB! This is incredible. I am linking to this since I have been writing both about church and about how Christmas time is not Merry for all of us. <br /><br />I can't believe your church is doing this...THANK YOU for being such a great example of Christ at your church!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-71619243880346650572006-12-09T11:38:00.000-06:002006-12-09T11:38:00.000-06:00Wow! This meditation is extraordinarily moving and...Wow! This meditation is extraordinarily moving and apropos to the season.<br /><br />I think I may try to work the reading of this into our worship service on Sunday morning, 12/24Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-30080228540162563952006-12-09T11:33:00.000-06:002006-12-09T11:33:00.000-06:00Thanks, Bob. It's hard to post a comment with tear...Thanks, Bob. It's hard to post a comment with tears in my eyes....karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04203594257221430139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9665353.post-20295089944046411932006-12-09T10:53:00.000-06:002006-12-09T10:53:00.000-06:00Amen, KB.
What a great idea. A night to remember ...Amen, KB.<br /><br />What a great idea. A night to remember grief, and then to remember salvation.Kevin Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788817477327510023noreply@blogger.com