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Winter

“Winter is the time for study, you know, and the colder it is, the more studious we are.” —Henry David Thoreau

I do love winter and her call to come inside, rest and study. And I have to add cook. Soup and bread and our winter favorites. What do you love about winter?

For information on the Winter Solstice with celebration ideas please visit year/https://espirational.com/2017/12/21/fun-and-easy-ways-to-shine-your-light-on-the-shortest-day-of-the-year/

The Friday Affirmation

“I can enjoy this season without wearing myself out.”

Choose Joy

“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” — Henri Nouwen

Fun Ways to Shine Your Light: Be an Angel

Our word angel comes from the Greek ἄγγελος. It means messenger. I will always think of this with a smile remembering a fellow seminary student in Greek class who happened to be named Angel beaming and exchanging laughter with the professor about the appropriateness of his name.

I do believe in God’s holy angels who are sent to be messengers of God’s love, care and sometimes judgement. I have had personal encounters with angels.

But I do also believe that we are also called to be messengers of Gods light, love and care to each other. This is not reserved for pastors or those studying to become pastors. We all do this by the way we live and care for others.

Especially during this season be sure you reflect God’s love and light and spread it around. I love angel crafts and have included a few links below if you want to share God’s love and light by giving handmade angels. If you are interested in Greek I have a reference for that too.

Resource:

Blue Letter Bible — referring to Strong’s Concordance

49 Awesome Angel Crafts

All Free Christmas Crafts — Angels

Hope for the World Weary

Do you ever feel world weary? That is what I call that sense of sadness and overwhelm from dealing with this imperfect world we live in. This year it has become almost unbearable at times for me. How about you? I always begin celebrating Christmas in November — this year it was November 1.

We can still celebrate the light in a world that appears dark. In fact it is our calling. There will always be corrupt leaders and suffering in this world, but the light still shines, even if we do not always see it. And it shines in through and as us. Shine on.