Posted by NormaGail on Dec 25, 2012 | Comments Off on Christmas Hope
Long ago,
In a stable dark,
A little babe was born,
And hope came to
This darkened world
That blessed Christmas morn.
From Adam’s time
The curse came down,
And all creation groaned.
A God-shaped void
In all men’s hearts
And for his soul__ no home.
Through Adam’s choice,
God ordained a time
That Satan’s wiles would rule…
To allow for man
Himself, to see
Satan’s scheme as dark and cruel.
Through sin, man’s heart
Was altered,
He could not see his pain
As coming from
His own wrong choice…
On God, he placed the blame.
God promised,
The day He gave the curse
That He someday would redeem…
His word proclaimed
His creation to save
Through the birth of His Son–the King.
Down through the ages
Man went his way
Though God’s word was strong and clear…
His grace extended
To all who chose
In His power and name to fear.
Then one night in a stable,
Dark and dirty
As heart’s full of sin…
A tiny child
Was born to a world
That offered no more room than the inn.
The angels sang…
The shepherds kneeled…
The wisemen traveled far…
All to see a child
Whose destiny
Was a Cross of pain and scars.
And today,
Men still are puzzled…
“Why would I a Savior need?”
Their hearts are dark…
Their minds are dim…
They were weaned on Satan’s creed.
In the quiet
Of a thoughtful moment,
When, unwilling,
We admit our need—
We know the relationship’s broken,
His offer
We know we must heed.
His return is quickly approaching—
Long prophesied
More than His birth—
The Hope of the Ages—
To a world forlorn—
He is God—His judgment is sure.
The Savior,
To know all our trials,
As a baby, chose to be born…
So come on your knees to the stable—
To the hope
Of that first Christmas morn!
© Copyright 2012 by Norma Gail Thurston Holtman and http://.normagail-2mefromhim.blogspot.com. All Rights Reserved.
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Posted by NormaGail on Dec 24, 2012 | Comments Off on Giving Good Gifts – Part Four
The gift of the Christ Child is the greatest gift ever given. God gives good gifts. Receive it. Share it.
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Posted by NormaGail on Dec 17, 2012 | 2 comments
What is worth more? The gifts under the tree or the Man who hung on the Cross for me? God gave the greatest of all gifts in the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Posted by NormaGail on Dec 10, 2012 | Comments Off on Giving Good Gifts – Part Two
Nothing fills the heart with Christmas cheer like giving gifts to those who would have nothing if not for the generosity of others.
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Posted by NormaGail on Dec 3, 2012 | 7 comments
This year, concentrate on God’s perfect gift. No matter our station in life, our need is the same. God’s specialty is giving good gifts.
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Posted by NormaGail on Nov 26, 2012 | Comments Off on The Peace of Jerusalem
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:May those who love you be secure.” Psalms 122:6
I am not the most faithful in praying for Israel. This is something I will change. Though our prayer lists are always long, we should never forget the things God has specifically commanded us to pray for—the nation of Israel is one of those.
In Zechariah 2, God calls Israel “the apple of His eye.” In Genesis 17, God established His covenant with Israel. Though scattered across the world, God promised in Ezekiel 11: “’Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from the peoples assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”
Do you pray for Israel? Do you urge our politicians in Washington to give strong support to Israel when their enemies come against them time and time again? In the passage in Zechariah, God say, “’for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye—I will surely raise my hand against them…’”
Christians did little to stop the Holocaust of World War II when over 6,000,000 Jews were put to death. If we fail to support them, God will raise His hand against us. We must support the Jewish people as those God chose out of all the nations to be His chosen people.
If you’re like me, you pray when there is a major uprising of the Palestinian terror organizations against Israel. But our prayers need to be every day.
Palestine has never been a country. Israel has existed since Genesis 12 when God promised Abraham that He would give him the land He would show to Him. I am convicted that I do not do all I should to support and pray for God’s chosen people—the people to whom He gave the Scriptures, and from whom He chose to bring forth His Messiah, Jesus Christ.
As we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Savior, let us not forget the people He wept over before His death: “’O Jerusalem, Jerusalem…how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings…”
Let us make a point to “pray for the peace of Jerusalem,” and for those who have kept safe the word of God so we might have it today.
© Copyright 2012 by Norma Gail Thurston Holtman
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