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Tuesday,
December 24th, 2024
Motivational
Reads / Daily Devotions
from Biblegateway.com - Daily Verse
Luke 2:16-20 MSG (The
Message Bible)
15-18 As
the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the shepherds talked it over. “Let’s get
over to Bethlehem as fast as we can and see for ourselves what God has revealed
to us.” They left, running, and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in
the manger. Seeing was believing. They told everyone they met what the angels
had said about this child. All who heard the shepherds were impressed.
19-20 Mary
kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep within herself. The
shepherds returned and let loose, glorifying and praising God for everything
they had heard and seen. It turned out exactly the way they’d been told!
Advent: A 25-Day Countdown to Christmas
Thinking
Out Loud – Journal Thoughts/Prayers / Mind Maze Overflow
Merry blessed Christmas Eve!
Though every single one of us are
going through something right where we are.
Be it directly or through loss, family, friends or just about love we
cannot give, or love we think we lost. Please know that Jesus is the reason for the
season and no matter what you are more than anything or anyone could ever give
or take away.
If you are not seeing the light up
ahead; be one shining brightly and invite Jesus Christ to walk with you and let
him, just be in your heart and grow in the depths of your soul.
He is and always will be there with
you if you let him in. We Are Messengers
- God You Are (feat. Josh Baldwin) [Official Lyric Video]
I am no theologian, trust me on
that even if I wanted to be. After
going through the school of hard knocks and beating my head against the
proverbial brick wall one day I just got it.
Though my memory is not what it once was and that bothers me. I could look at something once and put my
hands on and I had it in that steel trap bringing back results needed for any
situation. Blessed beyond survival in
so many arenas and more than grateful that my reckless abandoned youth left
even one brain cell to regenerate and finally get where the air in my lungs
comes from.
Somehow, somewhere the days filled
with fighting to just live and care for what was given; that which I would
never let anything ever take and picking myself back up off the floor time and
time again. Knowing it was you Jesus
that actually lifted me and allowed me to brush off and keep faith focused
forward for who I was already in you and never for what the world said we are
supposed to be. Justin Bieber -
Purpose (Lyrics)
So, as I sit here drinking my
second cup of coffee this Christmas eve morning; reaching in the depths and trying
to just be still. We all know I am
that morning person that needs no caffeine.
I can get up and clean the whole house before sitting down at my office
to enjoy a cup and read through the day’s alignments. Here today I am reading within. Reminiscing on these years passing and
though still blessed another day here in 2024 as the year is slipping out the
door.
The tears that fall knowing this
is the first Christmas without you, my brother.
Knowing you are forever with me and all the memories I have been given
being your little sister that drove you crazy.
Following you everywhere, tormenting, teasing, causing trouble and
absolutely adoring all you were. I am
grateful you are at peace and praying you have reunited with your love.
Two years since you left pop, as I
watch the changes in girls. In fact,
just talking with my number 1 a couple days ago and how you would be on the
phone right about now telling her no swimming for her because its cold up
there. I pray you are at peace and
there will never be enough thanks for all who you sacrificed for so they can
continue on.
My crazy friend Sharron it has
been, what 7 years. Forgive me that I
have not been out to visit Allen.
Life for me is never still or boring.
All those fur babies that we
become so attached to. And you blessed
aunt that left this year the day after Thanksgiving. I thank God you are not suffering any
longer.
Yes, it is no secret death is inevitable,
and we never know when our number will be up.
Which is so much more reason to get your soul right with the maker.
What a greater peace there is even
in the storms, or the crashing waves that will come upon us. Casting Crowns -
Oh My Soul (Official Lyric Video)
I am blessed another day, alive
and moving, a roof over my head, people who I am able to love and who love me. Food in the refrigerator and memories of a
youth when there was none. Lessons in
life that have allowed me to know; it is not about me.
Psalm 23:4 International Children’s Bible
4 Even if I walk through a very dark valley,
I will not be afraid because you are with me.
Your rod and your shepherd’s staff comfort me.
Read full chapter Psalm 23:4 in all
English translations
Casting Crowns - God of All My
Days (Official Lyric Video)
Father in heaven and creator of
all that was, is and will be. Thank you
for the relationships you have blessed me with. Growth from the good, bad and
indifferent. Allowing me back up when
like many I just want to stay under that blanket and never deal with one more
thing. On those days Jesus, when my
soul smiles and others when it cries for the world, we are in and the inability
to understand me as this little speck among the many just need to breathe in and
with you.
For all the innocence lost, and all
the opportunities to help others find you long before the world consumes the
beauty you have given. God of the Poor (from
the album Shine) Lyric Video - Graham Kendrick
Lord, you are the reason for the
season. No matter those who will never
understand it. Ben Fuller - If I Got Jesus (Lyric
Video)
No where do I ever want to go back;
though humanity at times was me to line up every lost soul that has done me
wrong or I have done wrong to and make amends.
But fortunately, I am blessed to
know and always have some insight for there is a time and place for everything,
and though I may never see the reasons for any of it. God has given us the freedom of will and
choice. We get to sell ourselves out to
darkness or fight as hard as we can each day allowed back up to run to the light,
if not be that little flicker of hope along the way. No matter what we choose, may we pause long enough to pray it forward, to the creator of this universe. Jordan St. Cyr - Fires
There will come a day when we won’t get back up and our souls will drift
through eternity. I would rather live all this time with peace, love and
chasing the harmonies. Rather than eternity
consuming me in the darkness. Yeah, the
world can be the living hell right where we are, but it is not about the
circumstances; it is about what we do with it on the other side. Do your best to ride that wave for all
that is good, all that is pure in morality, hope and light. Find God’s Compass in your soul. We all
need truth and that little church TobyMac - a lil
Church (Lyric Video)
Merry Christmas to you all! Prayers for a healing, blessed fulfilled
2025.
As the hardest thing in this life
is knowing who is really in control and stop playing that spiritual tug of war
and let Jesus lead.
Thought Movers, Touching to the Soul coming from YouTube.com / Facebook, Local Worship, or other public venues.
TobyMac - Christmas hits Different
(feat. Tasha Layton) Lyrics
Ryan Stevenson – Home For
Christmas (Official Lyric Video)
Non-stop Christmas
Worship Music with Snowy Winter Backdrop - Vineyard Worship
