Morning Coffee With Renae

Happy New Year! Year after year, I have found my God to be faithful. Generation after generation, century after century, God has been faithful. May you find Him faithful in 2009 and always. And *here is a song*, just in case you need a little reminder.
Blessings to each of you!
–r

Luke 14:7 – 11 When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. If so, the host who invited [...]

Luke 12:48 From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
A couple of days ago, I sat with my friend *Robin.* Together we laughed and cried and talked about the significant and the insignificant. I shared with her [...]

A few days ago, *my friend Lillie’s post* reminded me of this article I wrote a while back. I thought I’d share it with you here:
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Aaaah, Christmas. Such a glorious time of year. Shopping malls laden with twinkling lights, luscious trees covered with shiny ornaments, festively wrapped gifts with voluptuous bows, Christmas carols playing [...]

Merry After-Christmas to you! I am taking a few days off blogging to celebrate Christmas with my family. And to hopefully work off the extra pounds I have put on in the last few weeks . . .
But just so you don’t feel totally abandoned, here are a couple of links for you. *This one [...]

Luke 2
The Birth of Jesus
1In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3And everyone went to his own town to register.
4So Joseph also went up from [...]

Luke 1:26-37 (New International Version)
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
26In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who [...]

Luke 12:15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
I grew up in Houston. I lived in a nice, respectable three bedroom brick home. We weren’t wealthy by any stretch of the imagination, but we [...]

Luke 11:37 – 41 When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table. But the Pharisee, noticing that Jesus did not first wash before the meal, was surprised.
Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside [...]

. . . is for someone to come and clean out my garage for me.
Just in case anybody out there wanted to know.
–r