The Journey Continues

The Lord has given us a wonderful time together as a family this past Christmas holiday. We could celebrate with our children and 11 grandchildren on several occasions. But best of all, we could hear again the wonderful story of a Saviour Who came to take our place as the God - man. He offers us forgiveness for our sins of the past, present, and the future in a new life with Him. Hallelujah! Joy to the world, the Lord has come! Peace on earth, good will toward men. Thank you Jesus.

Our entire family on Christmas Day 2012

Lucas smiling up at his Opa

It is a tradition in our church on New Years Eve to read the list of names of those members who have passed away in the last year. I fully expected my name to be on the list for 2012, but not my mother-in-law. The Lord had different plans, and His way is perfect. We all need to use the time and talents given to us to bring honour and glory to His holy name. That is our challenge for the year 2013.

My wife and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Blessed New Year 2013.  

Jack and Lena

New Years Day Challenge - J.C. Ryle

Walk more closely with God, get nearer to Christ and seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the Spirit more closely and distinctly every year. Lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets you. Press towards the mark more earnestly. Fight a better fight, and war a better warfare every year you live. Pray more, read more, mortify self more, love the brethren more. Oh that you may endeavor so to grow in grace every year, that your last things may be far more than your first, and the end of your Christian course far better than the beginning!

~ J.C. Ryle

Celebration of our Saviour's Incarnation

At this special time of year, families and friends will gather together to celebrate the birth of Jesus, Immanuel - 'God with us'. What amazing news - God sent His 'only begotten Son' to become man, and to die for sinners so that we could be saved. Who would come up with such a marvellous plan, but God Himself. 

Lena and I extend our sincere wishes for a blessed Christmas to all the followers of our blog, and to the team of people that help us in many ways every day - PSW's who spend an hour every morning, getting me out of bed, washed and dressed, seven days a week; the PSW's who watch over me 7 hours every night; the volunteers who do range of motion physio on me daily; the ladies from our church who bring us home cooked meals and baked goods for so many months already; to the many from our church and school community who pray for us so faithfully. Thank you! Your love and care for us is truly amazing, and it humbles us. You are laying up treasures in heaven. To God be the glory.

We Lepers - Nancy Leigh DeMoss

In the 1800's a Belgian priest arrived in a Hawaiian village that had been quarantined as a leper colony. He lived with the lepers, learned their language, organized schools, bandaged their wounds, and ate with them.
The village was transformed. Yet for years the priest was different from his people in one important way. They had leprosy, and he didn’t. Then one day he stood and began a sermon with two words: “We lepers . . .”

He had contracted leprosy, and from that moment on, people in the village saw him in a new light. He had become one of them. He would not only share their life but also die as they would die.

On Christmas we celebrate the day God came to our village in the person of Christ. He became one of us.

Thank You, Lord Jesus, for humbling Yourself, for taking on our sin-diseased condition, and for dying our death.
With Seeking Him, I’m Nancy Leigh DeMoss.