Israel

One thing I want to do before I die is visit Israel. And by visit, I mean spend quality time there, getting to know the area where Jesus lived and where He spoke, and where He loved people. I think that would be so neat. To visit Jerusalem, and see where He spoke in the Temple, to go to Him outside the camp - literally - and to visit Bethlehem, and to see Nazareth, and Cana, and the Jordan River. To soak it all in. To meditate, to pray, to read the Word. In that area - to love people in that area. Just to experience the culture there. The same culture Jesus lived in, which, granted, has changed, but which retains a lot of the heritage that Jesus experienced. I just want to grow closer to Him.

Christmas Eve

"For to us a Child is born,
to us a Son is given,
And the government shall be on His shoulder,
and His name shall be called,
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

Isaiah 9:6

"In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shown around them; and they were terribly frightened. But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."

Luke 2:8-11

Some Things

There are two things that I will be certain of in this life:

1) God is good, all the time.
2) God is holy, all the time.
3) God is love, all the time.


I am blessed beyond belief, and so much more than I deserve. Thanks be to God!


*Edit - by two things, I mean three things. 12.22.2007

The Immeasurable Wonders of a Holy God

"A child kicks its legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again," and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony.

But perhaps God is strong enough...It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again," to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again," to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike: it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we."

-G. K. Chesterton in Orthodoxy