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Friday, December 28, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
2008 - A New Beginning
It is that time of the year again when everone is thinking about New Years Resolutions. Many of our resolutions are frivolous things such as "I will lose 30 lbs by summer" or "I will limit myself to desert once a week." This type of resolution will probably not even get off the ground because we all have a house full of Christmas goodies that have to be finished first.
A better idea would to be to renew our resolutions and pledges that we have made to God. Did you know that when you were baptised, regardless of what church you were baptised in, you were pledging to God to keep His commanments? If you were baptised as a child, your parents and godparents were pledging to raise you to be a commandment keeper until you were able to do it of your own accord. And did you know that every time you take holy communion (Santa Cena) you are renewing that pledge? What an awesome thought...and rather frightening too, because more often than not, we have entered into baptism and communion very casually without really thinking about what we are doing or the commitment to God that we are making.
So this year, instead of making a bunch of worthless resolutions that we won't keep anyway, let's renew our commitment to God keep His commandments with the help of the Holy Spirit. And in doing so, each one of us will contribute to making this world a better place in 2008.
"Submit yourselves, therefore, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you...." James 4:7,8 KJV
Submitted by Doña Diana
A better idea would to be to renew our resolutions and pledges that we have made to God. Did you know that when you were baptised, regardless of what church you were baptised in, you were pledging to God to keep His commanments? If you were baptised as a child, your parents and godparents were pledging to raise you to be a commandment keeper until you were able to do it of your own accord. And did you know that every time you take holy communion (Santa Cena) you are renewing that pledge? What an awesome thought...and rather frightening too, because more often than not, we have entered into baptism and communion very casually without really thinking about what we are doing or the commitment to God that we are making.
So this year, instead of making a bunch of worthless resolutions that we won't keep anyway, let's renew our commitment to God keep His commandments with the help of the Holy Spirit. And in doing so, each one of us will contribute to making this world a better place in 2008.
"Submit yourselves, therefore, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you...." James 4:7,8 KJV
Submitted by Doña Diana
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Winter has arrived!
Winter finally arrived here, wet, cold and stormy. We have had a lot of rain this past week and more to come. It has been dark and gloomy outside. We are chilled to the bone. We don't even think of going anywhere because the road is so muddy.
Does all this gloom and dreariness depress us? Not at all! In our part of the country rain is a blessing, especially a soft, steady rain that soaks the earth like the one that has been falling here. We know that putting up with a few days of rain now will result in a delightful Spring and Summer with green fields full of beautiful wildflowers, plenty of food for birds and wildlife, and most of all, replenished reservoirs and lakes. We are thankful to have a nice, warm home and plenty of warm clothes. We have enough food on hands to last until the rains stop and we can get to the store again.
This seems to be a central theme in life itself:
Unpleasant times need to be endured with patience and hope. We endure unpleasant medicines and medical treatments when we are ill in order to enjoy better health later on. Mothers endure childbirth for the joy of having children. Economic sacrifices are made today so that we will have savings for a home, a car, or our own retirement later on in life. We sacrifice to give our children a good home and education so that they will grow up to be healthy, productive citizens and not a drain on society.
Our patient endurance will eventually bear fruit.
This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it....
Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For his mercy endures forever.
Psalm 118:24, 29 NKJV
Does all this gloom and dreariness depress us? Not at all! In our part of the country rain is a blessing, especially a soft, steady rain that soaks the earth like the one that has been falling here. We know that putting up with a few days of rain now will result in a delightful Spring and Summer with green fields full of beautiful wildflowers, plenty of food for birds and wildlife, and most of all, replenished reservoirs and lakes. We are thankful to have a nice, warm home and plenty of warm clothes. We have enough food on hands to last until the rains stop and we can get to the store again.
This seems to be a central theme in life itself:
Unpleasant times need to be endured with patience and hope. We endure unpleasant medicines and medical treatments when we are ill in order to enjoy better health later on. Mothers endure childbirth for the joy of having children. Economic sacrifices are made today so that we will have savings for a home, a car, or our own retirement later on in life. We sacrifice to give our children a good home and education so that they will grow up to be healthy, productive citizens and not a drain on society.
Our patient endurance will eventually bear fruit.
This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it....
Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For his mercy endures forever.
Psalm 118:24, 29 NKJV
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
The Curse of Latin America
While disenchanted people in many countries are fed up with and rejecting failed socialism such as all of eastern Europe, Canada, Germany, and even France, to name some, the people in many countries in Latin America, a blessed continent, rich and beautiful, dream and insist in wanting to be governed by socialist demagogues and individuals whose only merits are either to have been terrorists in the past or belong to uneducated popular masses, or both. People live under anarchy, corruption and violence, insisting in blaming others for their bad decisions, their situation and their short-sightedness. It is really sad.
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