Central Christian Church of Borger, Texas

12/31/2022

2023...

In 2023 there will be very little, or let us rather say nothing that we can do to change God from expressing His continual love, kindness and goodness towards us.

We will have to deal with the fact that He will remain...
faithful,
more powerful than the systems of this world,
kind,
loving,
merciful,
excited about humanity,
believe the best,
provide again and again,
guide us,
deliver us from evil,
rescue us from trouble we brought over ourselves,
serve us with His life,
correct us from not believing He is only good, and
remind us of what we freely received in Jesus,
keep us.

We will have to prepare ourselves to have His life as a gift all over again. I am happy to say that nothing as pertaining to God is going to change in the year to come.

What God intended to bring us the day Jesus rose from the dead and ascended on high is what we can expect from God in 2023.

Blessings to you all

12/29/2022

12/21/2022

I feel that God wrote this for “such a time as this” for Central Christian Church!

12/10/2022

*DID YOU KNOW THIS?
The partridge in a pear tree is Jesus Christ. Two turtle doves are the Old and New Testaments. Three French hens stand for faith, hope, and love. The four calling birds are the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament. The six geese a-laying stand for the six days of creation. Seven swans a-swimming represent the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit--Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy. The eight maids a-milking are the eight Beatitudes. Nine ladies dancing are the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit--Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control. The ten lords a-leaping are the Ten Commandments. The eleven pipers piping stand for the eleven faithful disciples. The twelve drummers drumming symbolize the twelve points of belief in the Apostles' Creed.
MERRY CHRISTMAS because Christmas is not without CHRIST!

12/10/2022

We tend to think Christmas is about merry making.

But life is hard, isn’t it?? I can’t think of anyone who isn’t struggling through something.

I have a friend attempting to repair her marriage after betrayal.

I have a friend with aging parents and a father in and out of the hospital.

I have a friend struggling to parent her young adult children, trying to find the balance between helping and letting go while watching them flounder through some very hard circumstances.

I have a friend who lost a coworker to su***de.

I have a friend with a mother who stopped talking to her, and she’s reeling over abandonment in the middle of her own adult life.

We’re ALL struggling.

Then Christmas sweeps in with its twinkly lights and cozy commercials and comfort foods, and we don’t feel much like making merry. We just feel…sad.

Life doesn’t look the way it is ‘supposed to’ look. And everywhere we turn, commercials play Christmas music with beautiful images of tender family moments and all those twinkly lights, and we think, “My life isn’t anything like that.” And it hurts.

But…

Isn’t THAT what Christmas is about??

I saw something the other day about how ‘the first Christmas was simple.’ But was it? I bet Mary didn’t think so.

Traveling on a donkey at full term. All those people milling about and no place to stay. A baby born in a barn to this young family struggling in the middle of a desperately broken world. I can’t imagine any of it was warm and cozy. And certainly not simple.

I bet it smelled. I bet Mary screamed. I bet baby Jesus cried as she struggled to nurse him. I bet there was blood and dirt and tears and donkey p**p. And I bet she wondered what in the world she was doing there. Why her???

The Christmas Story isn’t about twinkly lights or making merry. And though the promises are everywhere, it’s not about making it ‘simple’ either. Not really.

Christmas is about HOPE.

Grace and Truth arrived on Christmas to say, “I know it’s hard. I know you are struggling. I know you feel like you have nowhere else to turn. And you didn’t think life would look anything like this. But I’m here now. I’m here forever. I’m here for YOU. Come…follow me.”

It's true, Christmas won’t ‘fix’ everything. It won’t magically transform your life into one of those warm, cozy Folgers commercials. It won’t make everything easier or anywhere close to what you thought it might be. He told us this life is hard.

But He promises we’ll never struggle alone.

Yes, Christmas is all about Hope ❤

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