December 15, 2008
Ten days before Christmas and all through the house
Everything was stirring, AND I THINK I’M LOSING MY MIND!!!
So does that about sum it up? It does for me. Working for the church at this time of year is always interesting. (That’s the polite way of saying it.) It usually seems this is when rivalries come out, people’s anger overflows, and everyone who has a gripe about something is sure to voice it.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel.
This is what I would like to hear, and seldom do.
So, what’s going on? What are people really saying. I’ve learned that people seldom say what they really mean. What they mean lies somewhere underneath their words and actions. It is often rooted in some frustration of their own.
How do we handle it? I’m still working on that. I haven’t gotten a great solution yet, probably because not one solution fits all issues. So we just keep struggling to give Emmanuel to those like Israel need to know that God is with them.
This still is the message and the reason for the season. God is with us. That is the good news. And in this frantic and anxious time we live, it is still the only hope I have, and the reason I keep doing what I’m doing.
So my prayer for each of you is that you would experience that GREAT NEWS, that God is with us. Nothing can take Him away. Not recession, not frantic schedules that still cannot fill up that void in our lives, not the rivalries or struggles we find ourselves in. GOD IS WITH US - GOD IS WITH YOU!!!
So when you think your losing your mind, it really pays to be still and know, God has not forsaken you. Actually, is with you today, and everyday you continue to breathe - and beyond.
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