O Source of all that is and that shall be,
Our journey takes us through the valleys and over the mountaintops of life. It takes us through the dark nights of the soul and the bright days of hope and joy. As we ponder the nearness of Your Reign, as we glimpse the power of Your Amazing Grace, may we understand that our life experiences are always dynamic and fluid. Forgive us, O Lord, when we want to always be on the mountaintop. It is easier to celebrate Your Presence when everything is good and whole and complete. Help us to understand that You are with us, even in our dark times. We give you thanks for all of life, knowing that tomorrow will always bring a new experience of You. In Jesus name we pray, AMEN.
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Barb Newton received excellent news from her oncologist. The surgery was successful and she is cancer free.
Aria Justice is having tonsillectomy surgery next Tuesday.
Roydon Tilley’s father, Kim Tilley, has been very ill in St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa. He is doing better now.
Carolyn’s sister, Judith Miracle, is still hospitalized in Oklahoma City. She is having a bronchoscopy this morning.
Please pray for all our sick and hospitalized.
The new Publicity Task Group is meeting this evening at 6:30 p.m. in the Conference Room. There is NO cabinet meeting tonight. The Centours are meeting this evening at Don & Tary Johnson’s to see the lights of Willow Lake and for light refreshments.
Finally everything has been approved by my insurance company so I can proceed ahead with the rest of the tests and begin the drug trial. I will hopefully be going back to Dallas early next week.
Grace and peace,
John McLemore
Advent Devotion for Today. Please read John 1:1-5, 9-14:
The Word of God, His essence, His agent of creation, the source of His message and His Law. The Word that breathed the universe and the stars into existence, Psalms 33:6. The Word of God, the Son of God, a part of God, God Himself came to us. He who was both completely human, and yet completely divine, holy, and righteous. He who was there before time began, at the beginning of creation, and still holds all things together, Colossians 1:17.The one who is our perfect picture of God Himself and is our example for holy living, 1 Peter 2:21 and Philippians 2:5-11. The Word that gave names to the first man and woman, boomed from Mt. Sinai, and had made itself known to prophets and kings came to earth. It came to make its home among the lowly and the sinful. The Word left the presence of God and the perfection of heaven to become the child of a carpenter and a teenage girl, Matthew 1:18-24. He came to be a friend and a Savior to fishermen, tax collectors, prostitutes, thieves, and the poor. He traveled on foot, slept where He stopped, and depended on the kindness of strangers. He came to save mankind, but they rejected Him and hung Him on a cross. The Word became our perfect sacrifice, Colossians 1:15-23. The Word, the creator of everything was too powerful for death though. He arose, took back His place at the right hand of God, and is waiting there for all those who believe in Him.
Let us all reflect on the sacrifice the Word made in leaving His holy home to become one of us, to live and die for us, and to conquer death for us. We give thanks for the wonder of this mystery of the fully human and fully divine Lord Jesus.
Cynthia Carlson
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