Reaching out from Grand Lake Community Chapel
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Greetings in Christ!
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! Let us rejoice in this last full day of autumn, and let us be glad for the winter solstice that arrives at 10:27 p.m. EST on Thursday! The rather wild, unseasonable swings in the weather over the course of this fall has had us raking leaves on one day, shoveling snow the next, and hanging on for dear life in gale-force winds on the day that followed! Here’s hoping that the arrival of winter, on the shortest day of the year, will lend a degree of predictability to our days!
Something else that will lend a degree of predictability is Christmas Day; most of us have well-defined, predictable routines for the great day on which we celebrate the birth of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, that have evolved over many years. Of course, we hope that you will join us in worship on Christmas Eve, as we hold our traditional candlelight services; but the next morning when we awake, everything will have changed. Certainly many of us will gather ’round the Christmas tree, some in our jammies, some in our holiday best, some with a steaming mug of coffee (or hot chocolate); many of us will exchange gifts with our loved ones, delight in watching our children or grandchildren tear open their packages, or sit quietly with our special love. All of us, ALL of us, should remember what the day is really all about, and focus our attention on the only gift that really matters – the Christ Child. It seems that often this little detail is overlooked in our celebrations, that the reason for the season is overshadowed by the tinsel glittering on the tree or the contents of the next package to be opened; don’t let that happen this year. Enjoy your traditions, revel in your loved ones, but above all else, honor the Light of the World. After all, it’s His big day!
Blessings to you during this holy season!
Karen and Greg
Home: (989) 474-9116, Cell: (734) 502-5969
revgregrc@yahoo.com / revgreggl@yahoo.com
revkarenrc@yahoo.com / revkarengl@yahoo.com
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
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