Advent is usually celebrated in the Christian church in the weeks preceding Christmas stressing four topics: hope, peace, joy, and love represented by four candles. Advent is a term from the Latin word adventus, which means coming, the coming of our Savior. The Advent season started in the 1800s in Germany. Immigrants from…
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It’s Not Over
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9). Have you ever had the feeling that it’s over? In spite of everything you’ve planned, prepared, done, and even prayed for, you feel that it…
Advent
“But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.” (Micah 5:2) The word Advent originates from a Latin word “Adventus” which means “coming” or…
New Life 2024
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17) Recently, I noticed a dead limb in my yard under a tree. I then looked up and saw a limb ON that tree that looked dead but I knew that there…
What If?
What if a soldier on the battlefield had to get out his training manual to see what to do in a situation? What if an emergency arises while driving and the driver has to get their driver’s ed textbook out to see how to react? What if an athlete is…