Hi, Everybody!
It's the week of Christmas!
Which means EVERY post this week is Christmas themed. Monday's, Tuesday's, Hobbs' on Wednesday, Margaret's on Thursday, The Weekly Update, all leading up to Today when the big fella will be heading down your chimney.
Or not:
Next Time: Oliver fails to top this...
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Luke 2:8-14 (English Standard Version): 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!"
Rich L:
Please continue the Christmas theme posts throughout Christmastide.
1 John 4:9 Amplified ~~
By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him.
Hebrews 2:11 - 18 (the reading for the second day of Christmas in some Orthodox parishes) (New King James translation):
"For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying: "I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You." And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And again: "Here am I and the children whom God has given Me." Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham. Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted."
Matthew 6:1.
-- Damian
That's a good one, "Dame," but not *quite* in the Christmas theme...except perhaps tangentially, to point out all the public acts of charity some folks perform this time of year.
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