A Bundle of Myrrh

“Thy face and garments, like the sun,
Shine with unborrowed light.“

From ‘Tis Good Lord to Be Here LSB #414

Today we celebrate the Transfiguration. That’s glitter on Jesus’ face…so He shines.

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From the hymn O Morning Star How Fair and Bright:

Come heav’nly Bridegroom, Light divine, and deep within our hearts now shine;

There light a flame undying! In your one body let us be as living branches of a tree, Your life our lives supplying.

Now though daily Earth’s deep sadness may perplex us and distress us, yet with heav’nly joy You bless us.

What joy to know, when life is past, the Lord we love is first and last, the end and the beginning!

He will one day , oh, glorious grace, transport us to that happy place beyond all tears and sinning!

Amen! Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! Crown of gladness! We are yearning for the day of Your returning!

You can hear a podcast discussion on this hymn HERE.

Sunday we celebrated the beginning of the Season of Epiphany, the “Gentile’s Christmas”. As the words of Simeon ran through my mind, I hung our stars, stretched out our kitchen table and we had an Epiphany feast!

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 “On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.” Luke 2:21

Today we celebrate the Eighth day of Christmas by remembering:

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12

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