So I have lots of blog posts in my head! That’s one negative thing about posting the Jesse Tree ornaments each day; I feel guilty if I blog too much in between because that means at least two posts a day! But I am going to try and write them all down and then auto-post. First, I did want to mention the Sunday Ponderings. To my chagrin, I haven’t been very good about going to church. As in, I missed…
Today we hung an ornament of a lamb, symbolizing how Jesus is the lamb of God. Exodus 12:1-30 “Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs…On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn-both men and animals-and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. The blood will be…
Today we hung an ornament of a coat of many colors, symbolizing how God used Joseph to save His people. Genesis 37:1-36 “So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe-the richly ornamented robe he was wearing-and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it. As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from…
Today we hung an ornament of a ladder, symbolizing how Jesus is our ladder to God. Genesis 27:41-28:22 “He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the LORD, and he said: ‘I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants…
Today marks the 66th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Read what I wrote last year.