Daily Meditations
Sometimes life is painful. It doesn’t matter whether the pain is physical, mental or both. Pain can bring on anxiety and fear. it makes us question if there is anything that can help us. We wonder where God is or if he is there at all. But even in the darkest pain there is hope and hope comes from god. God turns us to hope and helps us learn from the pain. We are like pottery made beautiful by the fire of the kiln.
Peace may not be that place of calm that we expect. It may be managing in the midst of the storm. God’s peace can allow us to cope when we don’t think we can. Remember he was the one who calmed the water for his disciples. It may not be the water he calms for us but our minds and hearts.
We pray to God for many things. We pray for others, for health, about out daily lives. The list is too long to list. Sometimes our prayers are answered but it is not the answer we wanted. The answer can make us question how our beliefs. That can be scary. Don’t worry. Those answers will cause us to grow in the knowledge of God and his ways.
I have always been move by music. The words of this hymn have always meant a lot to me and the music is fun to sing.
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Tonight I just want to share a poem I wrote a while ago.
The Coming
The night was dark and cold
or so I’m told
when God became a man
The stars were bright and clear
seeming so near
when shepherds strode the land
The angels sang for him
a special hymn
praising God’s name
and in a manger bare
with creatures there
sweet Jesus came
The night again is cold
though time grew old
since he was here
his spirit lingers on
in my soul dawns
his presence near
for in my heart I find
Christmas reminds
me he’s not apart
but here to be with me
as long as I can see
him in my heart
I have often thought of the sacrifice God made by leaving heaven. The poem “Choices” is about that.
Choices
It is hard to believe
that God
existing in heaven
would be willing
to come
to earth to live
entering time for us
to suffer
and die for us
I doubt that
given the choice
I would be willing
to give up heaven
©Suzanne Boyd 1995
On of my favorite songs during this season is Mary did you know?
Listen carefully to the words.
Listening
I wonder
if Mary ever wished
that her son could walk an easier path
I wonder
how she learned
to accept things as they were
I wonder
if it’s different
if you’ve heard an angel speak and listened
©Suzanne Boyd 2018
This is such a wonderful post that I wanted to share it.
There is an old adage, “It is always darkest before the dawn,” which may or may not be based on scientific fact. Whether scientifically true or not, my darkest moments have led me to moments when light has broken through what I thought to be impenetrable darkness. I wonder if it isn’t that we simply […]
Today we continue to look forward to the birth of Jesus. It comes close to the shortest day of the year and the time when we start back toward more light.The light of Christ is coming into the world.
I don’t think there is any data to tell us exactly the date of Jesus’ birth but this is when we celebrate it and that is fine. A time set aside for us to remember the birth of the baby that changed the world.
Amazing god, help to remember why we celebrate. AMEN
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