These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. — Deuteronomy 6:6-7
And the Lord expects us to keep them in our hearts.
To impress them on our children.
To talk about them wherever we go.
When I sit at home.
When I walk along the road.
When I lie down.
And when I get up.
To remember God's Word in my heart and think about all day long.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? — Matthew 6:30
He wants me to trust Him.
And He is ready to prune me into the person He created me to be.
In perfect communion with Him.
But I wander far afield.
I don't stay on His path.
It must be frustrating for Him to see me all over the place.
Especially when His plan is ideal for me.
But I am one of little faith.
I stumble around and finally crawl back to Him.
But only after trying things my own way.
I'm stubborn and obstinate, just like Jonah.
Thank You, Lord, for caring for me, even so.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” — Luke 2:11-12
Today a Savior has been born.
Jesus, the Messiah, our Lord.
The shepherds found Him lying in a manger.
Then they rushed off to tell everyone of the miraculous birth.
Christ is born!
