Merry Christmas...May HIS Peace bless your life

Self | 24 December 2008 | Jeff Head

[Jeff Head]

Merry Christmas to all...God bless us, every one!

[AirForceMom]

God Bless you and yours Jeff. Merry Christmas.

[malkee]

Thanks for your beatiful greeting, and a Merry Christmas to you from New York City, where it rained all day today!!!

[malkee]

Thanks for your beatiful greeting, and a Merry Christmas to you from New York City, where it rained all day today!!!

[Jeff Head]

Thank you...the same, ten fold, to you and yours!

[Jeff Head]

It was cold and dry here until about 7 PM, and now it's snowing heavily and supposed to keep it up all night...on top of the eight inches we already had.

God bless our nation too...may we be instruments in His hand to do so.

IT'S TIME FOR A RETURN TO THE OLD SCHOOL

[CaptRon]

Merry Chistmas to you, Jeff, and all FReepers.

[Jeff Head]

Thank you...and the same to you and yours, and exactly as you say, to all FReepers and people of good will and commitment to foundational moral principle everywhere.

[usconservative]

Merry Christmas Jeff.

May our Lord & Savior's blessings of peace and mercy be granted to all.

God bless us all, Every One.

[DieHard the Hunter]

With my tummy chock-full of Christmas ham, and a Christmas pavlova on its way for dessert, may I please take this opportunity to wish all on the FRee Republic a Happy Christmas and a Safe & Prosperous New Year, from the DieHard family in New Zealand.

God Bless America
*DieHard the Hunter*

[GOP_Raider]

Right back at ya, Jeff.

[GOP_Raider]

Merry Christmas to all the Idahoans (and even those who aren’t) on the FR Idaho Ping List.

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

December 25, 2008

A Gift Most Lavish

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READ: Micah 5:2-6

Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. —2 Corinthians 8:9

I have a piece of old plaster on my desk that comes from the ancient site of the Herodium in the land of Israel. It reminds me of the humility of our Lord Jesus.

Herodium was a lavish residence that served as King Herod’s summer palace, a sumptuous villa with opulent apartments furnished for the royal family and their guests. It boasted a Roman bath with hot and cold pools, surrounded by colonnaded gardens.

It’s said that Herod built his palace to commemorate a victory in battle, but knowing Herod’s selfish ambition it’s possible he had another purpose in mind. Some have conjectured that Herod, despite inquiring of the scribes (Matt. 2:4-6), knew about Micah’s prediction that Israel’s Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. He may have wanted Israel’s King to be born in his palace.

The Father’s plan, however, was for our Lord to be born not in a castle but in a cave. It was in a lowly manger that the little Lord Jesus was born.

This is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, “Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich” (2 Cor. 8:9). This is the gift of lavish salvation—of all gifts, the greatest gift that you and I will ever receive.

He did not use a silvery box
Or paper green and red;
God laid His Christmas gift to me
Within a manger bed. —Prentice

The goodness and love of God became incarnate at Bethlehem.

Bible in One Year: LUKE 2

[Cindy]

Nodding in agreement...

A blessed Christmas to you Jeff and to your family.

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[Peace4EarthNow]

Thank you, and a very Merry Christmas to you as well...

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[Bahbah]

A blessed Christmas to you and yours.

[jamndad5]

God Bless, Jeff and thank you for a wonderful Christmas greeting.

[celtic gal]

Thank you for the lovely greeting and best wishes to you and yours on this special day.

[NRA2BFree]

Amen, Jeff, Amen! Couldn’t have said it any better! Merry Christmas to you and to your loved ones, and may He grant you the desires of your heart.