“It is good to be children sometimes,
and never better than at Christmas,
when its mighty Founder was a child himself.”
~Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol
Yearly Archives: 2009
The Importance of Prophecy at Christmas — and in OUR Lives…
In Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is an evil man, whose only love is himself and his money. When confronted by the outcomes of his evil life, past, present, and future Scrooge is repentant. He isn’t just sorry – he wants to change, to make amends. He tries to do so with the little time he has left, by investing in the Cratchit family. In a sense, he’s trying to redeem himself.
Even when I was a little kid, watching that in movie or cartoon form, the same thought occurred to me. Ebenezer, what makes you think that these last half-dozen or so years of your life can make up for the decades of evil you’ve done? It is impossible for you to redeem yourself. That’s true of Ebenezer. And it’s true of you and me.
The Bible teaches us that Jesus is our Redeemer. He is the One who can pay for the evil we’ve done. It says, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” (Romans 3:23-24)
While all of us know this deep inside, the Bible is what makes it crystal clear to us. As the prophecies concerning Christ’s advent in Bethlehem lit the way for those seeking him, so God’s word lights the way for us.
Please forgive the sound of my voice in this message. I could barely talk. ~Steve
New Steeler Theme Song….
So — Johnny showed me this today. I’d not seen the video, but I do recall the song playing in the stadium when Esther and I were there. Renegade, by Styx.
Without knowledge of this phenomena, Laurel and I had recently commented that the song was awesome when we were teens, but now it seems kind of corny.
Guess I’ll have to start lovin’ it again.
Go Steelers!