Snow is cool. No
two flakes are exactly alike you know! And snow makes absolutely no sound when it falls to
the ground. However, if the temperature was JUST a little warmer, we’d be hearing
the snow falling for sure - as rain, or ice! This snow tonight though is being rather
stealthy.
Certain events
in our lives can be pretty sneaky too. Grey hair is one example. Tell me about
it! Checking account balances. Where did all of my money go!? And how about the bathroom scales. They can be rather surprising as well. 184??
No way!!
When Elijah heard
God speaking to him on the mountain, God was also being pretty stealthy, speaking in a whisper,
a still, small voice - “a sound of soft stillness.”
I have heard God
speaking this way to me several times this past year. I have heard His whisper on the
lips of people standing in line at the local food pantry. I have heard His soft
stillness, while listening to an abused teen crying on the phone. I have heard
His still, small voice, while comforting grieving kids after one of their
friends died. God DOES speak to those who have ears to hear.
All we have to do is listen.
The world we live
in speaks in a VERY loud voice. It is often difficult to hear God speaking
to us amidst the din of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the throngs of people at your local mall.
Slowly though, word
of this baby began to spread – a child that was given to us. Jesus, the “bread
of life” as he was called (John 6:35), was to be our spiritual food supply. Unless
we “eat of His flesh and drink of His blood” we have no part of Him. And God,
in His divine and masterful way, had his Son, the food we must partake of for eternal life, brought to us in . . . a manger – a
FEEDING trough. In the little town of Bethlehem. And the name Bethlehem literally means "House of Bread." Are you kidding me? Is anyone else amazed by the planning of that?
As a father, I
find myself particularly struck by the birth of such a special baby – our Heavenly Father’s
one and only son. My wife and I have been blessed with two wonderful children and
now OUR one and only son and his wife have blessed us with our first
grandchild – their one and only son. He came a few weeks early but mom and
dad didn’t seem to mind. Neither did my wife and I as we hurried home from our trip
to Michigan a few days early. Speaking of which . . .
My wife and I celebrated
our 35th
wedding anniversary with a trip to
Mackinac Island and Lower Michigan. This trip was a wonderful chance for us to
get away from it all and to celebrate all of our years together.
How blessed we have
been as a family!
God is so good!
There is not a day that goes by that I don’t thank him for all he has provided
for me and my family. If you don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus,
PLEASE ask for that today. Don’t let God’s still, small voice be silenced in
YOUR life. Surrender your heart to Him and allow Him be Lord of your life. It’s
the best decision I ever made. Please, let it be yours.
God Speakling - Mandisa
God Speakling - Mandisa
God is a indeed a good God. Even though sometimes He seems so far away based on our current circumstances yet if we are going to be fair, we still have to say He is a good God
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