A Month in the Life

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Mangers

There was a last minute rush to get Christmas cards mailed out today. I try to make a personal, Jesus centered, card for our friends and family each year. It’s not always easy getting three wiggle worms to pose, but we’ve ended up with a fun collection of Christmas cards throughout the years.

Meeks

Today I telephoned the Meeks family, our counterpart from the television show, to get the proper mailing address for their Christmas gift (Ooooo…. I just want to tell you what it is soooo bad!). Tony sounded quite cheerful, just returning from caroling at a nursing facility. (I wonder, how do rock and roll carols sound?)

He seems to be enjoying his new job – one we prayed for over a nine month period, after he was fired during filming. While waiting on God, Tony and Tish both went through some difficult moments, but now they are rejoicing, and giving God the glory.

Every so often we get a message on our voice mail, “Hey! Just wanted to call the Hoover’s today. We’re thinking about all our blessings and wanted to let you know we’re so glad you came into our lives.” That’s enough to give you the warm fuzzies all day!

Mary

In Bible Study today we read through Luke 1 - the story of Mary and Elizabeth. I performed for the ladies, a monologue I have been preparing for church this Sunday morning. In the monologue Mary is on the road to visit her cousin Elizabeth, and is pondering her new role as “mother of God”. A mother’s natural instinct is to teach her child things such as:
Manners:
*Share
*Be kind to others even when others are not very nice to you
*Control your temper
*When others wish to argue, sometimes it’s better to remain silent
Safety:
*Stay close to your parents, especially in the bigger cities, we don’t want to
lose you!
*Be careful when walking around water.
*Don’t touch sick people, you might catch what they have
*Be careful when your in Joseph’s shop, the nails are very sharp and can hurt
you.

The monologue continues with Mary’s ponderings, and she realizes her job in “mothering” the God of creation, is not to be a teacher, but to just be there.

My mother, Judith Bentley, and I recently published a Bible Study about the women of Acts and how they changed their world. The first lesson in the study is on Mary. Mary was THERE at the birth of Christ, participated in His first miracle, was THERE at the cross, and was THERE to witness the glorious resurrection and ascension. And we can thank Luke, the writer of Acts for letting us know Mary was THERE to experience the outpouring of His Spirit on Pentecost. Mary was THERE!

I believe that God can move through this presentation, and hopefully he’ll REmove the spirit of the chicken I’m starting to feel.

May His love be THERE in your heart today!

Blessings, Kristin

Labels: Daughters of the Promise