Fort Belknap Living History Association held its Christmas party and annual elections Saturday, Dec. 11. The guests drank Wassail, shared mince pies and sang old songs. The Victorian tradition of silhouette ornaments was taught, and all had a merry time in attendance.
By now, with Christmas just two days away, we should all be full of Christmas cheer. But unfortunately, I have never been one full of that Christmas spirit; I do enjoy many of the rituals that come with the Christmas season, though. It’s not that I am some Grinch, Bah Hum Bug. It’s just that my family has not ever been that close; there were no huge holiday git togethers, no endless buffet of holiday meals, and not a room full of family gathered around the Christmas tree ready to exchange presents.
What is old man winter doing? It seems he is taking a nap and allowing warm weather to hang around. He will wake up before long, but hopefully, he will not plunge us into the frigid blackout weather we had last year.
How wonderful it is to know that the gospel of Jesus Christ was not contrived in the thoughts of a mere mortal man. If it were so, then we would be hopelessly lost, and the remedy for our evil thoughts would only become conjectures that would lead to greater corruption. This is the result of all who reject Biblical authority today, for man’s thoughts continually change. Apart from the unchangeable truth of God’s living word, man’s wisdom concerning God is built upon the principles of his own imagination. His conscience is continually being conditioned by what he sees and hears daily, and he becomes his own God and does what seems right in his own eyes. He takes the moral precepts inscribed upon his mind as an image-bearer of God and lowers them to justify his actions and satisfy his immoral thoughts. Though eternity is woven in the fabric of his nature, and he sees all the hidden attributes of God in all of creation, he suppresses that truth. He allows the fallen passion that has been perverted by sin to become the driving force of his own will, and the temple of His body becomes the playground of wickedness and the dwelling of demons.
Mary gave birth to God in the flesh. Sweet little Jewish girl, chosen by God to play a vital role in His plan to save many. She gave birth to this perfect, tiny miracle and then life went on, and she learned how to be a mother. She had other children. She juggled all the duties of a mother and wife while she watched the God of the Universe grow inch by inch right there under her humble roof.
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