When all around great problems prowl And life is torn from my control When wildest storms within me howl I hear a voice deep in my soul My Christ is yet The Lord of all My Christ is yet The Lord of all
Then fiercest winds hush to a calm And darkest skies end with a dawn And all the birds begin their song Of sweetest hope that rests upon That Christ is still The cornerstone That Christ is still The cornerstone
There only faith can be my sight In sleepless nights and darkest days He shows His face by Heavenās light Though I am small still I will praise
For His great gift Forever stays For His great gift Forever stays
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 NKJV
Forever Stays by Peter Caligiuri copyright 2024 All rights reserved
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Matthew 1:18 KJV
The story of Christmas began with one family: Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Those three are not featured much in the store-displays anymore, they are featured in the Biblical account. God chose to begin His mission on earth by including a young, engaged couple, in an obscure village in Galilee. I haven’t written much in the last couple of weeks because we have been having some much-needed time away with our family. Though we didn’t have to ride a donkey to get here, we treasure our time together because when hugging our grandkids takes a twelve-hundred-mile trip, we don’t want to miss a minute of it! Though we won’t head home till tomorrow, I will do my best to share some stories of Christmas with you as I find some moments early in the morning while everyone else is still sleeping. May God bless each of you on this year’s Advent journey as we touch base again, not only with our families, but with the family that God created when He sent Jesus to Mary and Joseph after that ninety-mile trip on a donkey, two-thousand years ago!
Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise Ye the Lord! Psalm 150:6
My morning reading ended with the final chapter of Psalms. And as I paused to consider its message, I was struck by how God finishes with a personal call. Yes, we need to praise him with timbrels and dance, yes trumpet players, harpists and drummers should honor God too. Even birds, animals and fish are commanded to worship, when He says, āEverything that hath breath.ā In earlier passages even sun, moon and stars, are directed to praise and thank God. But God wants us to know that we have an even more important place. Here, in this final phrase, of the last verse, God closes with the command: āPraise ye the Lord!ā It is as if God is shouting, āHey you! ā¦Yes, I mean you there! ā¦. Donāt just stand around waiting for someone else to do the job. You get busy and start praising God too!
So, let’s remember in the middle of the football, the turkey and family time that our number one job and most important part of our day is to give God praise!
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