Posted on 12/31/2016 5:02:22 AM PST by BlessedBeGod
LOL - good point.
The cats are upset that we’re thawing out the freezer. It smells like rot.
The “Octave Day of Christmas” is the date of the Circumcision of Christ, but January 1 is currently observed as the Feast of Mary, Mother of God. The Orthodox, who never update, probably still have the 8th day of Christmas as the Feast of the Circumcision.
Some of my boys were given a tiny piece of candy at the time.
Thanks for that info. HNY!
“Same,” as my kids say. Is it bedtime yet?
Nope. I guess I have to play Candy Land with Kathleen. She always tries to cheat, as one would expect of Tom’s protegee.
My grandson beat my wife so regularly—without cheating—at both CandyLand and Chutes’n’Ladders that I offered to hire her a coach.
Bad Karma! Kathleen does not like Chutes and Ladders, but she has a “Princess Sofia” game that incorporates concepts from both that and Candy Land.
Amen.
God's ways: good for some, bad for others.
Isaiah 43:16, 18-19
Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Maybe to expose the depth of sin and sickness in this nation and world of nations to people willing to see it against the back drop of God’s holiness.
David Prays in the Assembly
1 Chronicles 29:10-22
10 Therefore David blessed the LORD in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: “Blessed are you, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. 11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. 13 And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.
14“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. 15 For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding. 16 O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own. 17 I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you. 18 O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you. 19 Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart that he may keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, performing all, and that he may build the palace for which I have made provision.”
20 Then David said to all the assembly, “Bless the LORD your God.” And all the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed their heads and paid homage to the LORD and to the king. 21 And they offered sacrifices to the LORD, and on the next day offered burnt offerings to the LORD, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. 22 And they ate and drank before the LORD on that day with great gladness.
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