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Merry Christmas

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:45 am
by EssentialSacrifice
Merry Christmas folks ... :wave:

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image taken is stain glass window from St.Theresa's, Chicago Hts.,Il

it has been a uniquely enlightening, eventful, satisfying, annoyingly confusing, addictive, remarkably divine experience. thank you... and Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night ! :sleep:

Re: Merry Christmas

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:12 am
by Storyteller
Have a wonderful, peaceful, loving Christmas ES y>:D<

That image is beautiful!

(Hope I don't fall into the annoying category :mrgreen: )



Re: Merry Christmas

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:39 pm
by PaulSacramento
Christmas is one of the most significant events for all humans.
The Son of God, God in all ways, GAVE UP being one with His father and Spirit, emptied Himself to be one of us.
When people ask what kind of God I worship, I can point to a God that is NOT a dictator and a bully that imposes His will on us but one willing to BE one of us and go through ALL that we go through including dying in one of the most painful and horrific and barbaric ways possible.
A God that is NOT exemplified by power but by Love and compassion, NOT be IMPOSING His will but by Suffering with us.
A God of love that is ALWAYS focused on another and never on Himself.

And on Christmas, we choose to celebrate the event of The Son of God becoming flesh and living with Us.

Re: Merry Christmas

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 2:56 pm
by RickD
Christmas has an extra special meaning for my family and me, this year. We're going to see the new Star Wars movie!

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Re: Merry Christmas

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:59 pm
by EssentialSacrifice
tomorrow... the Force is with us ! :shock: :esurprised: :!: :ebiggrin:

Re: Merry Christmas

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:49 pm
by abelcainsbrother
God bless you all and Merry Christmas! I have learned so much from being here with you all.

Re: Merry Christmas

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 1:27 pm
by christianwarrior
Merry Christmas, you all. Christmas is a great celebration of God's love.

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, 'Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.'" Matthew 2:1-2 Back then the dominant religion in Persia was Zoroastrianism which emphasized star-gazing for signs. The wise men would advise the ruler based on the positions of the stars, divination, and sorcery. The wise men back then were the Zoroastrian priests. They were likely familiar with the Hebrew prophets from the Persian conquest of the Babylon and Judah. Despite the fact that the magi were pagans who practiced divination ,which God condemns (Deuteronomy 18:10), God still had compassion on them. God knew that they were ignorant. He even gave them a sign based on their pagan practices. People say that all religions are paths up the mountain with God on the top of the mountain. However God is not waiting for anyone to reach him, he came down the mountain to come to us. He did this through the birth of Jesus.

http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/magi

*As a sidenote, I recently an article on Jesus' birth (it is a balanced article presenting both sides): http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Articl ... stmas.html

Re: Merry Christmas

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 8:29 pm
by Philip
MERRY CHRISTMAS, everyone!

Since we can't all have a snowy Christmas Eve, here's a live stream of the snowstorm going on at Mammoth, CA, in the Village (at the foot of the mountain): http://www.mammothmountain.com/winter/m ... -lodge-cam Pretty cool, you can control the camera yourself! Go back in daylight hours to see the other streaming webcams, up on the mountain.

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Re: Merry Christmas

Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 2:39 am
by christianwarrior
I live in California. Thank God that we finally are starting to get enough rain and snowfall.

Re: Merry Christmas

Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 8:53 am
by Byblos
christianwarrior wrote:I live in California. Thank God that we finally are starting to get enough rain and snowfall.
72 degrees in New York today. Never seen anything like this.

Merry Christmas everyone.