"Gabriel appeared to her and said, "Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you!" Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean." Luke 1:28-29 "Then Mary said, 'Behold I am the handmaiden of the Lord; let it be done to me according to what you have said.' And the angel left … Continue reading What’s this gonna cost me?
"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?" the angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God." Luke 1:34-35 "For no word from God will … Continue reading Overshadowed
But the angel reassured her saying, "Do not yield to your fear, Mary, for the Lord has found delight in you and has chose to surprise you with a wonderful gift. You will become pregnant with a baby boy, and you are to name him Jesus. He will be supreme and will be known as … Continue reading What’s in a name?
Today is the third Sunday in the Advent Season. I light a pink candle. “In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered. This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also … Continue reading The Shepherd Candle or The Candle of Joy
"In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came to her and said, "Rejoice, favored woman! The Lord is with you." But she … Continue reading “Steel Magnolia”
"In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. An the angel came to her and said, "Rejoice, favored woman! The LORD is with you." Luke 1:26-28 … Continue reading From insignificant to significant – from usual to unusual – from ordinary to EXTAORDINARY
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Galations 5:22-23 A few days later Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea, to the town where Zechariah lived. She entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. At the sound of Mary’s greeting, Elizabeth’s child leaped within her, … Continue reading FROM A-Z
"When Zechariah's week of service in the Temple was over, he returned home. Soon afterward his wife, Elizabeth, became pregnant and went into seclusion for five months. "How kind the Lord is!" she exclaimed. He has taken away my disgrace of having no children." Luke 1:23-25 Ok. I am just going to lay it out … Continue reading “God has taken away my disgrace”
ME AND MY MOM MY NEXT GENERATION OF LITTLE WOMEN ““How kind the Lord is!” Elizabeth exclaimed. “He has taken away my disgrace of having no children.”” Luke 1:25 NLT http://bible.com/116/luk.1.25.nlt “Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her.” Luke 1:38 … Continue reading LITTLE WOMEN OF CHRISTMAS
“But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.” Micah 5:2 NLT http://bible.com/116/mic.5.2.nlt "Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the rign of King Herod." Matthew 2:1A Today is … Continue reading THE BETHLEHEM CANDLE
