Sunday, December 18, 2011

LOVE

Love is present at the birth of every child.
Love is the gift of the grace of Christmas


It is much easier to feel loved and to be loving if one is healthy and happy and feeling lovable.

I   know that I too often do or say the wrong things. I need to receive and give forgiveness!

Love is the candle that is lit at church this morning.  There are three candles that have been lit to remind us of the sacredness of hope, peace, joy and love. 

 Love comes in many forms romantic, fraternal, sacrificial, communal, and holy.  I believe that in God I see the passion and compassion of love. 

If one could travel back in time to be in the presence of Jesus I believe that the awe and wonder that we would  experience would  fill all the emptiness within our hearts and heal all our past wounds and we would feel the unconditional love that is the gift of Jesus for each and everyone of us.

Light reminds us that even when there is so muck darkness and suffering all around us there will always be the presence of love to strengthen and to guide  us.

God, the creator, gives us life and lives within hearts that are full of compassion and love. 

Rained hard last night and today looks very dull.  We are off to church to see the children in the pageant /  The little girl that is the same age as Jazzy is an angel.  It is so cute seeing the little ones take part,

off to the store to buy dog food to take with us to feed hungry animals.  The youth group has taken on this job.

Waiting to hear from Shandel and Cameron and the Wises.



1 comment:

nancy-Lou said...

Aren't those children cute? The pictures are wonderful Beth....nice to see. We don't have any children at our church...just seniors and a couple of younger people...we are a small community. The service was meaningful today...but also a comedy of errors as everyone flubbed their readings etc...just one of those things. My friend Gina brought cupcakes in a tin and at the end of a prayer she sat on the tin...making a LOUD rattling noise and everyone laughed. She is a natural clown. The sermon was about the angel Gabrielle bringing the news to Mary.