The Road Less Travelled by Klara V.
I am being blessed this Christmas season by focusing my eyes on JESUS and only him! I would suggest you try to watch "The Nativity Story a newer movie which looks at the journey of Mary and Joseph. He is dail devotional I have received from an old friend.
December 17, 2011
Some us will well remember a book called "The road less traveled." Right one the first pages of this book it states this: " Life is difficult."
It goes on to say " This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths because once we see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that that life is difficult-one we truly understand it and accept it- then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
Mary and Joseph traveled the road less traveled, a life full of uncertainties, many of the old testament prophets and people who are mentioned traveled a difficult road, as did the New testament disciples. As Henry Nouwen writes " they are names of men and women who struggled hard with the powers of evil, sometimes more successfully than others and who experienced love, hatred, joy, pain, reward, and punishment, like ourselves. It is these women and men who form the story in which God Himself wanted to become a part."
For those of us who became Christians later in life,our lives often became more difficult as people no longer invited us to their parties, found us suddenly strange, did not understand, wanted to argue with us, and no longer wanted any part of us. Some got angry that we were baptized and why, was our infant baptism not good enough? Some of lost our marriages and or family members that did not agree with our actions.
Yet for those of us who believe, no matter how lonely and complicated life got when we first believed, found a new way of coping when we slowly started to understand the true reason for Christmas, when most of what we celebrated before started to diminish and as we entered in on a new journey of finding joy and companionship with the One who travels the road with us, our steady companion who never leaves, who is always by our side, who carries us when all gets too much to bear, when we feel sad and when we feel lonely.
And each day He gives us an armor to wear that will protect us, We can securely wrap Jesus all around and about us, and step out knowing He goes with us wherever we go. God travels with us, He listens to us and helps us realize that slowly and surely we are walking towards His house of peace and joy.
Why did Jesus come:
Isaiah 35 : 10
The ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Dear father God,
Thank You for this promise, thank for having a future and a hope in You, Thank You as you walk the road less traveled with us in all ways.
Help us to walk with steady feet, with feel fitted with peace and with You wrapped securely around about us.
In Jesus name we pray and believe.
Come Lord Jesus come.
December 17, 2011
Some us will well remember a book called "The road less traveled." Right one the first pages of this book it states this: " Life is difficult."
It goes on to say " This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths because once we see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that that life is difficult-one we truly understand it and accept it- then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
Mary and Joseph traveled the road less traveled, a life full of uncertainties, many of the old testament prophets and people who are mentioned traveled a difficult road, as did the New testament disciples. As Henry Nouwen writes " they are names of men and women who struggled hard with the powers of evil, sometimes more successfully than others and who experienced love, hatred, joy, pain, reward, and punishment, like ourselves. It is these women and men who form the story in which God Himself wanted to become a part."
For those of us who became Christians later in life,our lives often became more difficult as people no longer invited us to their parties, found us suddenly strange, did not understand, wanted to argue with us, and no longer wanted any part of us. Some got angry that we were baptized and why, was our infant baptism not good enough? Some of lost our marriages and or family members that did not agree with our actions.
Yet for those of us who believe, no matter how lonely and complicated life got when we first believed, found a new way of coping when we slowly started to understand the true reason for Christmas, when most of what we celebrated before started to diminish and as we entered in on a new journey of finding joy and companionship with the One who travels the road with us, our steady companion who never leaves, who is always by our side, who carries us when all gets too much to bear, when we feel sad and when we feel lonely.
And each day He gives us an armor to wear that will protect us, We can securely wrap Jesus all around and about us, and step out knowing He goes with us wherever we go. God travels with us, He listens to us and helps us realize that slowly and surely we are walking towards His house of peace and joy.
Why did Jesus come:
Isaiah 35 : 10
The ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Dear father God,
Thank You for this promise, thank for having a future and a hope in You, Thank You as you walk the road less traveled with us in all ways.
Help us to walk with steady feet, with feel fitted with peace and with You wrapped securely around about us.
In Jesus name we pray and believe.
Come Lord Jesus come.
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