Advent Word/Day 22 “Create in me a pure heart O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 -Karri Temple BrackettDecember 19, 2022
Month: December 2022
Advent Word/Day 21 Whether a lofty mountain, a sun dappled ocean, a rushing waterfall, a placid lake, or a verdant valley, the majesty of creation never ceases to amaze me. -Karri Temple Brackett December 17, 2022
Advent Word/Day 20 The notion of the Christian as traveler is as old as Christianity itself…reflected in innumerable verses, lines of poetry, and song lyrics. We are “just passing through”… on a “highway to heaven”… whilst only living in a “temporary home”. But we must also keep in mind that God’s desire for this world
The Christmas Village is Trever’s domain. He painstakingly attends to attends to each and every detail down to having one part of the village being the “rural” area and one being the “town. It takes a great deal of time each year for him to get it all set up, connect and plug in all
Advent Word/Day 19 Everyone knows that the best thing to drink when you are thirsty is plain old water. Sometimes I religiously keep track of my daily ounces and other times, I just try to mentally tally how much I may or may not have consumed on a given day. Then there are times where
Advent Word/Day 18 Beloved – the definitions of beloved include dearly loved…a much loved person…greatly loved….dear to the heart….even “friends dearly loved by God.” I have never once doubted I was loved by anyone that is in my life. But what a feeling to know that we are not only loved, but beloved. Without condition,
Advent Word/Day 17 “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” – Hebrews 13:2 I, like most people, have a healthy suspicion of strangers. Years of watching true crime documentaries have not served me well in this regard. However, I would like to think when I encounter a stranger, I
The Santa collection came to be in a similar way to the snowmen. I received a few as gifts here and there and then began collecting them on my own and now they have reached quite the number. When there were only a few, I would scatter them about the house but now I try
Advent Word/Day 16 The definition of wilderness is an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. But the wilderness of the Bible goes beyond a geographical location to represent isolation, fear and separation from God. When I hear the word wilderness I often think of the forest or the woods. I think of a place that is wild and untamed, but
Advent Word/Day 15 When we think of messengers in the Bible, angels come to mind. But the messengers that have most often touched my life have been right here on earth. Connections I have made and maintained with people through social media (and occasionally in real life) have sustained me through raising children, having cancer,