Merry Christmas Richard! Thank you for sending this message of hope. I agree we need to speak as one but it needs to be with a common language that unites. Scotland is no longer a Christian country but has yet to define what she wants to become (I don't know enough about what's happening in the rest of the UK to comment). The time to speak up is now. To ask people to dig deep and unearth that core morality that transcends faith. The internal compass that resides in us all. I may be naive but I still believe in the power of the collective to move mountains. We just need to find our voice.
Thank you for this uplifting post and I wish you a Msrry Christmas and a happy wintering in the US, where I truly believe there is good reason for hope.
Wonderful, foundationally good thoughts, Richard. Thank you and Merry Christmas. Yes, God is alive, and he's coming back. Maranatha! Come quickly, Lord Jesus!
Wickedness and perverseness in the world is nothing new, but do not despair - Peter acknowledged it a couple thousand years ago -
"For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.” With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”
BTW, you inspired me to order the complete works of Longfellow from our library.
Thank you for a reflective posting. An echo from the Gettysburg Address...
"...This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Happy Christmas, Richard, and here's to the new quarter century.
"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.", Charles Dickens
Merry Christmas and a Happier New Year, Richard.
Apposite. Merry Christmas and a Happier New Year to you too, Ed.
God is not dead nor does He sleep. That is the focus of Christmas and the whole of following Jesus. Blessings to all this Christmas season.
Agreed. Blessings to you, too.
Merry Christmas Richard! Thank you for sending this message of hope. I agree we need to speak as one but it needs to be with a common language that unites. Scotland is no longer a Christian country but has yet to define what she wants to become (I don't know enough about what's happening in the rest of the UK to comment). The time to speak up is now. To ask people to dig deep and unearth that core morality that transcends faith. The internal compass that resides in us all. I may be naive but I still believe in the power of the collective to move mountains. We just need to find our voice.
Catherine - beautifully summarised. I don't believe you are naive. Merry Christmas!
Thank you for this uplifting post and I wish you a Msrry Christmas and a happy wintering in the US, where I truly believe there is good reason for hope.
I share your belief. I wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas, too.
Wonderful, foundationally good thoughts, Richard. Thank you and Merry Christmas. Yes, God is alive, and he's coming back. Maranatha! Come quickly, Lord Jesus!
Wickedness and perverseness in the world is nothing new, but do not despair - Peter acknowledged it a couple thousand years ago -
"For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.” With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”
BTW, you inspired me to order the complete works of Longfellow from our library.
Merry Christmas Richard!
Merry Christmas, Dan! Have a wonderful day :)
Lovely message Richard. Fight for what's right rather than drown in despair.
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you and yours.
Thank you for a reflective posting. An echo from the Gettysburg Address...
"...This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Happy Christmas, Richard, and here's to the new quarter century.
May Christendom prevail 🙏🏻
Merry Christmas to you and yours 🎄