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A Bundle of Myrrh

"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13

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Ascension Day

Friday, May 30th, 2014

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“Super Jesus”

“Christ is seated in the heavenly places waiting for the time when his enemies will be made his footstool. That is his proper work. He does not sleep, but he watches us. He does not ask anyone to substitute for him; he does it himself. When people incline toward him, he is present to help. If we are tempted and cry to Christ we will be helped.

The last day has not yet come, and the flesh and sin and death still remain, but on the last day Christ will deliver up the kingdom to his Father. Now he rules in our hearts. He comforts us, makes us clean and intercedes for us. On the last day all his Christians will rule in unity with him, and they will be seated at the right hand of the Father. Then the last and proper enemy will be slain.

Here on Earth we still have unstable faith, anxiety about food, and despair if ever God shows his displeasure. What is now our comfort? It is Christ, our priest, who has atoned for us and looks on us and sees our enemies and reminds the Father that he is our portion. When we feel this in our conscience, we have a sure access to the Father in every need. We fail to see this only because our eyes are not sufficiently penetrating to pierce the clouds and look into heaven, and be assured that Christ is our advocate.” Martin Luther

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Yesterday the church remembered the Ascension of our Lord. Jesus’s Coronation Day! Something the girls could understand thanks to Frozen.

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I think I’ve only made Jello twice in my life and every Ascension Day I mean to try this neat little parfait I see all over the web, but I always forget to buy Blue Jello. I remembered this year though.

I didn’t know if the babies would go for it but they did. Also went for the whipped cream I made from scratch…well, not Lily, she opted for fake marshmallows, then picked those out.

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It worked pretty well for our Ascension Day sky and clouds and even as the earth from Space! Ooooo!

Blessed Ascension Day (late) to you all.

 

Christ the Good Shepherd Sunday

Sunday, May 11th, 2014

 

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“I am the Good Shepherd, I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.” John 10: 14-15

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“Who is it who knows and recognizes the sheep while they are so deeply covered with shame, suffering, death, disgrace, and scandal that they do not even know themselves? Certainly, none but the Christ. And he speaks to them these comforting words, that in spite of all the things that lead the world and our own flesh and blood astray, he will know his lambs and will not forget them or desert them.

“‘My lambs, when they are in sorrow, shame, distress, and death, will learn to know me as their faithful Savior, who has suffered like themselves, and has even sacrificed my life for them. They will trust in me and look to me for help.” Martin Luther

Eastertide

Saturday, April 26th, 2014

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From Easter Sunday to Pentecost we celebrate the season of Easter, The Great 50 Days. My Lenten Jesus Tree ornament set came with 10 additional ornaments to use throughout Easter. I wanted to display these differently than what we do during Lent, so I pulled a weedy old bush out of our fallow garden to use as our “Easter Tree”. I added some pretty fake flowers to it to perk it up.

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Our Easter Sunday

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014

 

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“The season before Easter signifies the troubles in which we live here and now, while the time after Easter which we are celebrating at present signifies the happiness that will be ours in the future.

“What we commemorate before Easter is what we experience in this life; what we celebrate after Easter points to something we do not yet possess. This is why we keep the first season with fasting and prayer; but now the fast is over and we devote the present season to praise. Such is the meaning of the Alleluia we sing.” St. Augustine

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