For Christmas I received a ‘listening library’ of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland from Jon M. I found it interesting on reading the cover of it that the author, Lewis Carroll was such a diverse person, a mathematician, photographer and clergyman. At Sara’s suggestion, I would like to share some observations and thoughts as I enjoy listening to this classic.
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I’m a Teapot
When I was little we didn’t go to the doctor much. There wasn’t enough money. Instead every time we were sick my Mom would drag out the china teapot and place a tablespoon or two of loose tea in the metal filter and fill the top with boiling water. The water would gradually drain through the filter. I would peer at the etching of a fireplace with a spinning wheel while the tea steeped. Then Mom would pour a steaming cup of the tea and stir in a tablespoon of honey serving with dry toast. The tea in our minds performed a miracle – a healing took place.
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Quote for the Day
“Every Gift is a precious commodity when it comes from the heart.” Sara
Flies in the Face of Faith
When Christmas and other faith based holidays begin to bud in the minds of the ones that celebrate these holidays we see the hearts that has produced the buds.
I have noticed more often than not behavioral patterns seem to fly in the face of my faith.
Quote for Day
“Great minds have purposes, little minds have wishes”
Irving, Washington
A Child is born
“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6 NKJ).
Short Story
There lived new parents in the land of Ozzie.
They worked hard and gave birth to two children.
They held them and loved them.
They gave them everything they could ever wish for.
The parents worked hard, giving them no responsibilities.
The children were not happy and wanted more,
The land of Ozzie certainly owed it to them.
They lived here and were they NOT perfect.
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.” (Matthew 5:9) I think at times many of us get the idea this is just a nice blessing to be a son of God. But, I don‘t think a son of God is just a cliché. Christians believe “Jesus is the Son of God” as we have come to know ‘Son of God.” Peter confessed that Jesus is “the Christ, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:16) Simon Peter is answering Jesus, when Jesus asked Peter, whom do you say that I am Simon Peter? Peter said, “The Messiah, the Son of God.”
Making a Christmas Centerpiece
Everyone will enjoy a fresh Christmas centerpiece adorning your table and I would like to explain how to make one. Depending on where you live, you can purchase or cut from your yard evergreens such as pine, fir, cypress, cedar, boxwood or northern bayberry (myrtle). Evergreens symbolize the promise of Eternal Life which Jesus gives to all who will accept and follow Him as their Lord and Savior. They provide healing and fragrant aromas and last for weeks indoors if kept watered. When I use these evergreens in arrangements, I am reminded of the handiwork of the Lord and His choice of plant material from this scripture Isaiah 41:18-20:
“I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs. I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it. “
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Thought to Ponder
“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.” ~John Burroughs
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