Salute!
Posted on 12/22/2002 10:49:23 PM PST by daisyscarlett
I had a very busy weekend and couldn't get on the computer :^(. (After all Billie and Diver Dave did to show me how to hook up tempararly)
I hope everyone is having a great day today!
I have a top ten list for Christmas, of what I most like about not only this season but the year.
10. My Family
09. My Friends
08. Good Health
07. Living in the good old USA where I can worship as I want to and I have the freedom to speak out on things that make me mad or glad.
06. Finding FreeRepublic and great group of friends there.
05. Our President and his wonderful staff and cabinet.
04. A Congress that will work with the President
03. Great parents that are in good health both in mind and body.
02. My Job
01. That God so loved the world that He gave His only Son who died on the cross for us and who rose again in glory and triumph.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!!!
And everyone have a beautiful and joyous and blessed Christmas!
My preayer goes up for your family, and especially for you, Gail. Hang in there.
Dave what you said about whoever and her faith was priceless...Thank you for adding it here and thank you Lori for reiterating it and giving his words emphasis.
See ya both later....
The hubby said he can always use the for skeet shooting .. LOL
I'm going back to the pilsbury dude .. he's my friend
(note to self READ THE PREVIEW SCREEN!)
Dan, is Dansy sleeping in? Glad you two made it to Fla and have the old laptop up and running. Hope you enjoy the music today and that we have selected some of your favorites.
Meek-do you have a special holiday song you would like to hear?
"Here was a man...a man who was born in a small village, the son of a peasant woman. He grew up in another small village. Until He reached the age of thirty, He worked as a carpenter; then, for three years, He was a travelling minister. But He never travelled more than two hundred miles from where He was born, and where He did go, He usually walked. He never held political office, He never wrote a book, He never bought a home, He never had a family, He never went to college, and He never set foot inside a big city, yet...here was a man.
Here was a man...though He never did one of those things that you usually associate with greatness, He had no credentials but Himself. He had nothing to do with this World, except through the Divine Purpose that brought Him to this World.
While He was still a young man, the Tide of Popular Opinion turned against Him. Most of His FRiends ran away...one of them denied Him, one of them betrayed Him and turned Him over to his Enemies. Then, He went through the mockery of a Trial and was nailed to a Roman Cross between two thieves. And even while He was dying, His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had in this World, and that was His robe, His Purple Robe. When He was dead, He was taken down from the cross and laid in a borrowed grave, provided by a compassionate FRiend.
More than Nineteen Centuries have come and gone, and today He's the Centerpiece of the Human Race, Our Leader, and the Column to Human Destiny. And I think I'm well within the mark when I say that All of the Armies that Ever Marched, All of the Navies that Ever Sailed, All of the Legislative Bodies that Ever Sat, and All of the Kings that Ever Reigned...All of Them Put Together have not affected the Life of Man on this Earth so Powerfully as that One Solitary Life...
Here was a man!!"
My six-year-old daughter and I were driving along yesterday, listening to our new Christmas CD we had just picked up from Staples Office Supply, when this "song" came on and we both stopped chatting and listened intently. I explained--halfway through--that Mr. Cash was talking about Jesus. Then, after the song was over, JessieLee looked up at me and said, "Daddy, why didn't Jesus have a family?" Temporarily shocked by her natural incisiveness, I mumbled a silly answer about not meeting the right mommy, but the question has been on my mind ever since. So, Jessica, here's the answer Daddy meant to say, "Jesus never had a family because All of Us are His Family, All of Us are His Brothers and Sisters, All of Us are His Children!!"
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan or not...Happy Holidays to Each and Every One of You Wonderful FReepers...You have become MY extended family!!
Cheerfully Humble FReegards...MUD
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