Before We Open Gifts...

Father before we open gifts this Christmas, please remind us of the gift of your son and let us be thankful.

Father before we greet our family and friends and share in food and fellowship, please remind us of the Bread of Life and the sweet fellowship we have with you because of Jesus.

Father when the day is done let us rejoice in the assurance that when life on earth is finished we have a home with you because Jesus became flesh and died in our place. Amen.

Christmas Kept is Liable to Mold

Lord allow us to share the joy of the true meaning of Christmas. Amen.

Linda Felver prayed:

Christmas kept is liable to mold.
Let me give Christmas away, unwrapped, by exuberant armfuls.
Let me share, dance, live Christmas unpretentiously, merrily, responsibly with overflowing hands, tireless steps and sparkling eyes.
Christmas given away will stay fresh—even until it comes again."
(Source: Let Me Not Keep Christmas, A Book of Christmas, Nashville: Upper Rooms, 1988, p. 48)

Pat and I along with our family wish all a very Merry Christmas.

An Out Of This World Christmas Payer

Christmas Eve Prayer - by Frank Borman (Apollo 8 space mission, 1968)

Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure.

Give us the faith to trust Your goodness in spite of our ignorance and weakness.

Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts.

And show us what each one of us can do to set forward the coming of the day of universal peace.

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