So This is Christmas?
I woke up late this morning, had my soy milk and my kashi whole-grain high-protein cereal with skim milk, watching 30 minutes of Balance TV talking about ergonomic chairs and the ironic evils of sugar-free sweeteners. I assembled the oil heater and moved it to the study room. I started another DVD for backing up to my harddrive, and sat at the computer to add more music to my iTunes library and check my emails.
It wasn't until I saw an IM buddy's status message that I realized that today isn't just another day: it's Christmas Eve. And still, it doesn't feel any different than any other day. Any other cold day in Vancouver. At home. Totally un-Christmas-like.
Merry Christmas to you all, hoping you're spending it with friends and family and loved ones, close to you in body or in spirit. Share the love.
(And the candy canes, share those too. Oh, and be liberal with the gravy already. And pass that Toblerone over -- break off your wedge and pass the rest on over! You're not the only one craving sugars on the Atkins / South Beach / low-carb diet, you know.)
2 comments:
Three Wishes: Grace Mercy Peace.
Christmas? It's not only the wrong date which is provable (Jesus born at Sukkot, in Sept) and "a little leaven leaventh the whole lump", but it's a total pack of lies, denoting the 'spirit' thereof many also talk about is the false one of false/true spirits in 1Jn4.
Merry? Not according to police records and news archives. According to evidence thereof it's the WORST time of the year on all accounts: more accidents, more feuds, more theft, more depression, more suicides, more hypocrisy, more debt, more fights over money, etc.
Xmas? Jeremiah the prophet said it was a "vain" baby-lonian custom of "brutish fools" in Jeremiah 10; Not to mention it's also mentioned in Revelation 11:10... Revelation notably being about 'uncovering' cover ups.
Three wise men visit a babe in a manger in Bethlehem? Come now, let us reason together. Bible says three gifts, not three magi. Bible also says enough magi (babylonian Jews) to stir up all Jerusalem (pretty crowded at Sukkot) and also King Herod who lived elsewhere. Bible also says they visited the child (toddler) at his home in Nazareth. Bible also says said such magi came to visit "the King of the Jews": Law with burial gifts (it's an "allegory"). Pst: the sign above the cross: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.
To wit, that God (who is light void of darkness) was in Christ (the end of the law) reconciling the world unto himself (the God of all grace), not imputing their trespasses unto them (only law imputes sin)...2Cor 5.
Law is what got nailed to the cross as the "enmity". Henceforth we're exhorted to put away lying (lawing).
The "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
Daniel Miles
www.godshew.org
Um ... yeah. That totally has to do with what I was saying. Good point.
[For the record, the above comment is about some proof of mis-evidence about Christmas from a certain "Daniel Miles". He quotes various passages and stuff. The reason I'm telling you this is because I haven't decided yet whether I will strike them from the comments.]Merry Christmas anyway. :-)
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