"Trey Tuesday" - December 26, 2017

Christmas Cookies!

The average Christmas cookie platter contains 12 cookies and about 2,000 calories. Average. However, my Italian and German roots are anything but average!  :) Twelve cookies does not constitute a REAL cookie platter!  Soooo, let's call a REAL cookie platter one with 3 dozen delicious cookies at 6,000 calories. Biscotti, pizelles, stars, thumbprints and good old fashioned chocolate chip cookies.

I can't possibly eat an entire platter of cookies. (Believe me, I've tried lately!)  It wouldn't be good for me to do it alone.  I need the help of those close to me to conquer that goal. 

Life is sort of like that plate of Christmas cookies.  It's not good to conquer life alone.  It can make you sick.  Plus, it's fun to share the journey - AND the cookies!  

Thank you for joining us in prayer this year.  As we approach the new year, let's commit to sticking together as we continue to grow closer to God and to each other.

"My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ"  Colossians 2:2

"Trey Tuesday" - December 19, 2017

Looking for Love....

Are you looking for love?  Or are you listening to hate?

Long lines of traffic and at the check out.

Forgotten or lost gifts.

Late packages.

Cranky kids (and parents!)

How will you react?  Will you focus on the negative?  or will you look for the good?

Luke 2:10 reminds us:  "I bring you Good News that will cause great joy for all the people."

Imagine the circumstances Joseph and Mary had to manage on that first Christmas:

Stinky shepherds leaning over the newborn King?  Probably

Dirty animals moving around the stable, doing what animals do?  Most likely

Were the swaddling cloths light blue to indicate a newborn boy?  I doubt it.

Did they have plenty to complain about?  They sure did!  BUT>>>The Messiah, the Savior of the World, had just been born - just as God promised!  That was Good News!  That still causes great joy today!  For allllll people!  Even you in your circumstances!

Look for love.  It's God's Christmas gift to you!  :)

"Trey Tuesday" - December 12, 2017

A Thrill of Hope

"A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices....."

It is December 12....less than 2 weeks until Christmas!!  We have snow and cold and groceries and bills and car repairs and sickness and much, much more.  We can easily relate to the weary part of the song.  It's a weary world.  A weary community.  A weary home.  A weary family.  A weary person who lives in this skin.

But the song doesn't end there.  Keep reading....well, keep singing!  :)

"A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!  Fallllllllll on your kneeeeeeees....." 

In response to being weary we can easily fall....fall on our faces!  Yep - that's exactly where we land on our own.  But....the song ends differently.  "Fall on your knees....oh, hear the angel voices!"  What were the angels saying that first Christmas?

“Glory to God in the highest heaven,

and on earth peace to those on whom His favor rests.”  Luke 2:14

Ahhhhh.....there is the thrill of hope!  Falling not on our weary faces, but falling on our knees in praise and glory to God!  Hope:  God's favor at rest in you.  <3

"Trey Tuesday" - December 5, 2017

That Voice

Can you imagine the voice of your favorite TV or movie character?  Does it take you back to good times watching the show?  You can recite the one-liners and punch lines of every joke?  They become a part of who you are!  :)

Well, Jay posted a video of Trey today.  That voice!  It takes my breath away!  My heart wants to be with Trey and laugh and play with him again.  I knew him so well, his voice tells me sooooo much about him!  <3

Have you ever felt like this with God?  Felt like you know what He is going to say?  Can you hear His still small voice in your life?  (or maybe His thundering voice...?)

Tune in often...He's calling your name.....

"He calls His own sheep by name and leads them out...and His sheep follow Him because they know His voice."  John 10:3,4