Happy Hanukkah
To All Our Jewish FRiends on FR.
(((HUGS)))
ML/LTOS
Posted on 01/02/2023 6:16:23 PM PST by JustAmy
Edited on 01/02/2023 7:28:26 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
Except it’s 2023. *sigh*
Happy Thankful Thursday!
We had our sunshine today, and it was around 50 degrees.
Had a nice ride at the horse farm today, after I curried the dried mud from all horsie’s surfaces. 😅
Sunshine and 50 are perfect for a horse ride...even on an iron one. :-)
((((Properly attired, of course)))))
Bible in a Year :
Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?
“You’re not what I expected. I thought I’d hate you, but I don’t.” The young man’s words seemed harsh, but they were actually an effort to be kind. I was studying abroad in his country, a land that decades earlier had been at war with my own. We were participating in a group discussion in class together, and I noticed he seemed distant. When I asked if I’d offended him somehow, he responded, “Not at all . . . . And that’s the thing. My grandfather was killed in that war, and I hated your people and your country for it. But now I see how much we have in common, and that surprises me. I don’t see why we can’t be friends.”
Prejudice is as old as the human race. Two millennia ago, when Nathanael first heard about Jesus living in Nazareth, his bias was evident: “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” he asked (John 1:46). Nathanael lived in the region of Galilee, like Jesus. He probably thought God’s Messiah would come from another place; even other Galileans looked down on Nazareth because it seemed to be an unremarkable little village.
This much is clear. Nathanael’s response didn’t stop Jesus from loving him, and he was transformed as he became Jesus’ disciple. “You are the Son of God!” Nathanael later declared (v. 49). There is no bias that can stand against God’s transforming love. .
Reflect & Pray
What biases have you faced or wrestled with? How does Jesus’ love help you deal with them?
Help me, loving God, to overcome any biases I may have and to love others with the love You alone can give.
Sounds like the perfect late fall day, and I’m glad you got to spend it with horsie!
Happy Caturday!
Going shopping today.
Heading over to Sam’s Club.
Will try to remember the limitations of freezer space in my fridge. 😅
Bible in a Year :
Let us consider how we may spur one another on . . . not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing.
In Hebrews 10:25, the writer exhorts readers not to neglect “meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but [encourage] one another.” Perhaps due to persecution (vv. 32–34) or maybe as a result of simply growing weary (12:3), the struggling early believers needed a nudge to keep being the church.
And today, I need a nudge too. Do you? When circumstances change how we experience church, will we continue to be the church? Let’s creatively encourage one another and build each other up as God guides us. Share our resources. Send a text of support. Gather as we’re able. Pray for one another. Let’s be the church. .
Reflect & Pray
How can you be a help to those today who can’t gather in a church building? How does the church fill your need to be a part of a much larger purpose?
Dear God, please show me how to be the church.
It’s hard to know where to stop when shopping at Sam’s! LOL!
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Ha! No fork lift. Did focused shopping, got a bunch of fancy holiday chocolates for 4 different gifts, that was the main reason to go. My mom has a Sam’s card, and I go with her a a few times a year.
We have a new Costco 20 minutes from me, but I checked it out and I like the Sam’s (40 minutes) better. Was willing to pay for a Costco membership, but just didn’t like it as much.
I was a good girl and got no chocolates for myself. Got a big bag of organic blueberries though. Yum!
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Ya, Sam’s has a great selection of stuff. Was busy there of course, a weekend and near holidays. We prefer going on a weekday. I picked up their 2 pack of roasting chickens (un-roasted), and have one in the oven now. Freezing the second one. I tried the same brand (Farmer’s Market) earlier this year and they were really nice, big fat chickens. Had to get 2 more today.
Got a gorgeous raspberry colored orchid plant too. Really pretty, 2 flower stalks, 18 flowers. I love orchids, now I have about 10. 🙃
I LOVE Blueberries.
Good Girl! :-)
I was glad they had organic blueberries.
I am going to grow my own strawberries and raspberries starting in the spring. Ordered the plants already for spring delivery.
If the critters and bugs don’t eat them all, that would be nice.
😅
Mmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm
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