Reaching out from Grand Lake Community Chapel
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
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 9th Day of Christmas, and let us be glad for three more days to celebrate the birth of the Christ Child! And let us rejoice in the nine ladies dancing with joy as the Season of Christmas continues, and let us be glad that no more wildlife is expected to arrive in our homes – partridges, turtledoves, French hens, geese, and swans are quite enough!
A new year has dawned, and the news from around the world is pretty much bad; ongoing wars, earthquakes, aviation accidents, and unrest in cities. Not much reason to be dancing with joy, is there? Except there is. There always is. For winter sports enthusiasts, the weather is finally coming around to a more seasonable pattern; for non-winter sports enthusiasts, there are fireplaces and hot cocoa and good books to enjoy. For all of us, there are the unlimited possibilities of a new year, and there are the unlimited possibilities of our lives with Christ. Remember that in his letter to the Philippians, Paul writes (4:13) “I can do all things through him who strengthens me,” and that throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, dancing is embraced as a means of honoring God, so does it not follow that since we can do all things through Christ, we shouldn’t refrain from dancing with joy as a way of expressing our gratitude? Now, we understand that not everybody is a gifted dancer, and that a lot of us are entirely uncomfortable with the idea of dancing in public, but maybe every now and again over the course of the year to come, we can overcome our fears and engage in an impromptu moment of unbridled joyful dancing. What can it hurt, and what benefits might it bring? Happy New Year!! Blessings to you!
Karen and Greg
Home: (989) 474-9116, Cell: (734) 502-5969
revgregrc@yahoo.com / revgreggl@yahoo.com
revkarenrc@yahoo.com / revkarengl@yahoo.com
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
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