Tuesday: The Great Escape

Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for another day, and Father as we near the end of 2008 with only 2 days remaining I ask that You help us make the very best of those two days living them for You and trying our best to walk them in Your light ... Take us out of this year by lifting and praising You and living for You. On this Tuesday, a schools day on this line, we pray for our schools, even as most of them are closed for CHRISTMAS vacation, which sadly is now called winter break .... Lord some of us will always call it a Christmas vacation. Lord bless those who enter our schools regardless of who they are, the reason they are there, the color of their skin, or their religion ... Just bless them please Lord and help us send in those who love You, not to fight or stand in picket lines but to just live with a Jesus smile on their face and live to please You ... Father in heaven please keep my mind from drifting this morning and just have me write according to Your will ... Keep this line open and free of scum and dirt ... In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

The Big Bus Trip (Day 25) The Great Escape....

Luke 2: 21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise Him, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived. 22 When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord. (NIV)

Folks please read this very important story of the birth of our Lord Jesus as found in Luke 2: 21/40.

As we see in this very important part of world history, Joseph and Mary were back in Jerusalem to carry out the law of Moses. Jesus was going to be consecrated to the Lord as was required of families to do by law with the first born son ... I might point out here that Joseph and Mary followed the word of God, listening and doing just want the Lord wanted, but they also followed man's laws ... You remember that following man's laws and orders was why they were in Bethlehem as they were answering the call of Caesar Augustus and were going to go register to be taxed.

This I feel is a good example of how we as Christians should be living our very own lives, as we should follow man's laws unless of course they were to go directly against the laws of our Lord God ... I might say that if we live each day to please our Lord God we will not be breaking any of man's laws anyway ... In the book of Titus we are also told to obey man's laws, that for another day. Now sometime while shortly after the birth of Jesus, and I would think after He was back in Jerusalem to be consecrated to the Lord, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream ... "Get up," he said, "take the child and His mother and escape ...

Tomorrow we are going to dig into this great escape a lot more ... I do want to leave you with a few questions ... First, why did they need to escape from the town they were in, and who all needed to escape ... Was it just Joseph and Mary and the baby Jesus or would it be others also? Where did they go and how long did they stay? Now you can read about this in the book of Matthew.

Remember folks, you can get on our blog and talk about these topics, and also look for an Extra that will be written just for the blog, and sent to Pam for her posting. It will tell all about what Carry The Light Ministries does, how it started, and more so about the food drive of this year ... and there will be pictures ...
Now have a very blessed day, remember to share your blessings and remember this also, when you share in faith, God will replace them, as you just cannot out give the Lord ... love ya, dan.