Christmas Eve

Worship
This morning, the pastor at my home church came with it this morning in one of the best Christmas messages I've ever heard. He spoke on Joseph, that guy who always seems to get left out when compared with Mary or Jesus or the wise men or anybody else involved in the story. The pastor called our attention to Joseph's character and how Joseph was a man of great character. He was compassionate in that in light of Deuteronomy 22, which says he could have had Mary stoned, he was going to quietly divorce her. Scripture called Joseph a righteous man. Prior to Christ, Joesph had found favor in God's eyes in order to be called righteous. Joseph was a stud. Pastor went on to talk about Joseph's call, which included the revelation of a person (Jesus), the revelation of a purpose (Christ to save people from sins), and the revelation of a plan (Joseph will name the baby Jesus). Lastly, Pastor spoke on Joseph's conduct of humble and obedient submissiveness. If men today could just be somewhat like Joesph amidst our time of crisis, as no doubt this was for Joseph, what work God would do in the church. I was blessed to be in the presence of Jehovah today.

Candlelight Service
On a sad note, I realized that of my graduating class at church only three of us are still involved at church. I was deeply saddened.

Funny
During our candlelight service this evening, a little girl said the funniest thing. The Pastor had just finished praying, so the sanctuary was quiet. And this little girl, maybe 4 years old, said, "Mommy. Time to go pee." The entire church heard this, and burst into laughter. It was really funny. Praise God for laughter.