MomminginMinistry

 I just realized this is only my 12th post this year...so I guess I averaged 1/month! Never mind that two of them have been in the last two days...I'll try to do better, in case anyone out there is seriously holding their breath between posts (which I highly doubt!) but no promises.  If there's ever a day for self-reflection, it's December 31st. All years are full of ups and downs. 2021 had ups and downs that were less like the one or two rises and falls of the Colossus roller coaster, and maybe a little bit more like Thunder Mountain Railroad, or Screaming Mickey. These were no predictable rises and falls, they were a "hold onto your hat" and "I don't understand what is happening" kind of ups and downs. I don't start each day listing what's wrong with life. But, because you know I don't lie to you I'm going to start with a description of the falls. And it's not what I want to end with. If 2020 was a Tsunami, a towering wave that ...

 This is from my original notes in planning last week's sermon (December 26th, 2001) with a few edits for readability. I post it partly for my own "file" and partly for a few who had some trouble hearing Sunday. Even with a mic, I realize my voice doesn't always come through really clear :-).  Isaiah 61:10-11 and 62:1-3 I delight greatly in the  Lord ;      my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation      and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,      and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11  For as the soil makes the sprout come up      and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign  Lord  will make righteousness      and praise spring up before all nations. Zion’s New Name 62  For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, ...