DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS 12/25
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
IF YOU HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE THIS YEAR, THE HOLIDAY MAY BRING YOUR SORROW AND TEARS.PLEASE DO NOT LET IT BRING YOU AN EXCUSE TO DRINK OR DRUG.
THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS AND JESUS BIRTH IS A PROMISE AND MESSAGE OF HOPE.
JESUS WAS BORN IN A MANGER SO ALL MEN WOULD KNOW GOD LOVED THEM WHETHER THEY BE RICH OR POOR. THE WISE MEN OR MAGI FOLLOWED THE CELESTIAL STAR FOR TWO YEARS TO THE PLACE WHERE HE WOULD BE BORN IN THE CITY OF KING DAVID, BETHLEHEM.
A CITY OF THE HEBREW CHILDREN. GOD'S PROMISE OF THE MESSIAH CAME TO PASS.
TO THE INTELLECTUALS SEEKING TRUTH, JESUS IS THE GREATEST TRUTH.
JESUS GREW UP AND TAUGHT US THE TRUE LOVE OF GOD FOR ALL HUMANITY. HE LIVED WITH AND WAS A FIREND OF SINNERS. HE LATER ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BECOME A PAYMENT FOR OUR SINS AND DIED ON THE CROSS. ON THE THIRD DAY, HE CAME BACK TO LIFE AND SHOWED US GOD'S POWER OVER LIFE AND DEATH.
JESUS THEN WENT TO THE FATHER TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR US TO COME AFETR HIM.
HEAVEN IS THE PLACE TO BE REUNITED WITH OUR LOVED ONES. THERE IS NO SUFFERING OR SORROW IN HEAVEN AND GOD WILL WIPE AWAY OUR TEARS. WE WILL THEN HOLD AND LOVE OUR DEPARTED ONES AGAIN AND SPEND ETERNITY WITH THEM.
I CAN THINK OF NO GREATER CHRISTMAS GIFT THAN THE PROMISE THAT I WILL SEE ALL MY DEPARTED LOVED ONES IN HEAVEN, INCLUDING OUR PETS.
" DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART."
SO BE COMFORTED IN KNOWING THAT IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN. MY 59000 BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO DIED IN THE WAR IN VIET NAM WILL HOLD ONE OF A GREAT MANY REUNIONS IN HEAVEN.
IN THE MEANTIME, LET US DO GOOD TO ALL. PUT ASIDE YOUR PREJUDICES AND MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. GIVE TO THE POOR AND HUNGRY, FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER AND LOVE AS GOD MAY LEAD YOU. VISIT THE SICK, LONELY AND THOSE IN JAILS AND PRISONS.
LIFE IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS, NOT POSSESSIONS OR MONEY. BE PATIENT WITH THOSE THAT ARE DIFFICULT. CARRY THE LIGHT OF GOD AND JESUS WHEREVER YOU GO.
LIVE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.
LUV & HUGS
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