Friday, December 24, 2010

A Festivus For The Rest Of Us - December 24, 2010

Daily Reading

Daily Verse
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them
a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
2Timothy 4:3

Daily Thought

Seinfeld, Season 9, Episode 10

Frank Costanza, father of George, explains the holiday of
Festivus to Kramer.

"Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."

"What happened to the doll," asked Kramer.

"It was destroyed...

"But out of that," Frank's face lit up, "a new holiday was born.
A Festivus for the rest of us!"

They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
~2Timothy 4:4

Festivus is a myth. But so is a holiday about Cabbage Patch Dolls and XBoxes and iPods.

We need not invent something new, but celebrate something old. Not Happy Holidays, but Merry Christmas.

And the angel said unto them, "Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests."
~Luke 2:10-14

Merry Christmas,
Dave Price

Daily Prayer

Wonderful God, Savior of the World, You are King of kings, Lord of lords, born in a manger, died on a cross, raised on the third day, coming again to bring Your Kingdom of peace and righteousness.

You are the reason for the season.

May every knee bow and every tongue confess that You are God, Savior and Lord.

Amen

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