Christmas

lone-traveler · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:22 pm Post subject: Christmas

Just around the corner, and I haven't done anything yet LOL...

Holiday Spirit...where are you?

I need a heavy duty dose..

Anybody wanna share some with me?

Lone
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Joh 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Joh 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

lone-traveler · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:28 am Post subject:

'Twas The Fight Before Christmas

'Twas the fight before Christmas when all through the house
Not a good deed was stirring, and Dad was a louse!
Their mother was angry and loaded with care,
'Cause the gift list was longer than ever this year!

The children were nagging for gifts worth a ton,
And Dad was convinced, "Christmas just isn't fun!"
With Mom's loud complaining, and Dad mad at all,
They loaded the car for the trip to the mall!

They stopped first at Sears to buy Grandma a platter,
At Wards Sis tried on jeans that confirmed she was fatter!
They stopped at the ATM for some more cash,
And saw their new neighbors with THEIR Christmas stash!

Hearts sank as they saw what their neighbors could spend,
"We've got to buy more!" Everybody chimed in!
When, what to their shopping red eyes should appear,
But a sign with the answer to their Christmas fear.
"Use credit, use VISA, use MasterCard,
Just run up their limits, it's not very hard!"

More rapid than eagles, the charges, they came
And they whistled and shouted and called them by name.
Now Nordstroms, now K-Mart, now Price Club and Kinneys,
To Broadway, to Target, we'll finish at Penney's!
To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall,
Their packages piled up; they'd OUT-BOUGHT THEM ALL!!

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky,
So flew away hope of a Christmas of joys,
Not a problem was changed by the gifts and the toys.
And then, in a twinkling, Dad knew without doubt,
They needed to know, "What is Christmas about?"

That night in a dream he saw Bethlehem town,
And a babe in a manger with thorns for a crown!
And then what Dad saw brought the tears like a flood,
Christ's back was all tarnished where lashes brought blood.

A rugged old cross was his tortuous rack,
As he shifted it's weight to his now bleeding back.
His eyes, filled with burdens, 'twas nothing there merry,
The thorns had no roses, the night became eerie.
His dry thirsty mouth was drawn thin like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was plucked out cruelly, and slow.

The cross from his back held him high in his shame,
And the soldiers encircled his death with a game.
He had a kind face, in his eyes none saw hate,
And he shook when they laughed at his horrible fate.
He was dying for me, took my sins on himself,
And I wept when I saw him, in spite of myself.

A look in his eye, and the twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know, I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work;
And he took all my sin, and then turned with a jerk.
"It is finished," he said. Death he willingly chose,
Then GLORY TO GOD, from the grave He arose!!!

Dad sprang from his bed, shouting what Christmas gives.
"It's not all the gifts, but that Jesus now LIVES!"
So you'll hear them exclaim, on their next Christmas night,
Happy Christmas to all, WHO WILL KEEP CHRISTMAS RIGHT!!!

Addendum -- PROPHESY FULFILLED -- Isaiah 7:14 ". . . The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." Several HUNDRED years later . . . Matthew 1:23 "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel -- which means, 'God with us'."

I hope you all have a "true" Merry Christmas, and joyfully give thanks for the priceless gift God gave us. WHAT ARE YOU GIVING GOD?
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Joh 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Joh 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

golfjack · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:35 am Post subject: reply

What are we as believers going to give God? This is a very good question. I believe that He wants our praise and worship because He is worthy to be praised. He wants our prayers and requests, and the Word says that His Word won't come back void. We must patiently waiit for the answer while holding fast to our confession of Faith. What is our great commission while on earth? Paul in 2 Cor. 20, says that we are to be Christ's Ambassadors. An ambassodor is an official representative on behalf of one country to another. He obtains his marching orders from the President. We as believers obtain our marching orders from our Lord Jesus Christ. What are the marching orders? We must be willing to spread the Gospel of reconcilation to the whole world. It is an awsume responsibility. I believe that we shouldn't take it lightly

Therefore the greatest gift we can give God is to snatch souls out of darkness and put them into the light of our Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that we are called to preach and teach the Gospel, as Paul says in Romans 5. How well are you fulfilling your commission as Christ's ambassador?

May God bless, golfjack

lone-traveler · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:12 am Post subject:

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!

That First Christmas Day

There were no Christmas stockings hung
on that first Christmas day,
Just a lonely manger
and a lowly bed of hay.

There was no jovial Santa Claus
with toys and gifts galore,
But shepherds came from out of fields
to worship and adore.

There was no Christmas tree that day
bedecked with tinsel bright,
But in the East there was a star
that dazzled with its light.

There were no Christmas carolers
to serenade with song,
But hosts of angels gathered 'round
to watch the whole night long.

No fast last-minute shopping
and no Christmas cards to send,
But hope was born in one small Child
for new life without end!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"And the Word was made flesh
and dwelt among us..."
(John 1:14 KJV)

Have a wonderful Day!!

Lynda