I didn't get the salsa made last night. Not that it was critical that I do so. I still have a few more days to get that accomplished. But, work-wise, I was extremely busy. I started about 6AM because I knew I had meetings to schedule and other things to get done. AND.... both bosses had me scheduling meetings like crazy yesterday. I believe I scheduled over 20 meetings - and that would not be an exaggeration. I even sent my one boss an email and asked her if she was trying to drive me crazy with having to schedule all these meetings. She emailed me back and said 'I know, I am sorry'. Not that that changed anything, but at least she acknowledged she knew she was dumping like crazy on me. It's all part of the job though and she didn't take offense, and neither did I.
I'm already thinking I need to cancel my day off Christmas Eve ... but then... I cleared my bosses' calendars where they don't have any meetings..... one boss did take the day off, but the other... the one who always sends me meetings to schedule... she is working... but I managed to keep her calendar clean because I blocked it off a few months back.... I can imagine her still working and when I get back online will find meetings to schedule. Oh well. Even better for me to catch up, she asked me to 'skinny down' her calendar for next week and I've managed to remove a lot of meetings on Monday and move to Tuesday and Wednesday, and blocked Thursday off and of course Friday off. I have a massage scheduled Christmas Eve morning first thing.... I will definitely need it with all the rushing to get these meetings in before the end of the year.
In thinking about the 'talk' nowadays about the planets aligning last night - specifically about how it is the 'Christmas Star' that the wise men may have followed when they went in search of Baby Jesus, I wonder what people really think about it. No, I didn't run out side to see it for myself. I'm nearsighted - why would I think I could see that far away clearly? HAH. I did see it displayed on TV and of course on social media, so I did see it. It was pretty amazing, you have to admit.
What DO people really think about it? We often make comments like 'when the planets align, we will....' or 'when the planets align, things will....' or some other saying about 'when the planets align'. When the planets DO align, then what? In sci fi movies and the planets align, doesn't the ocean roar and part? Mountains tremble and fall? The wind blows harder and the earth is shaken? So what happened when the planets aligned last night?
I haven't heard of anything happening.
But I can tell you what happened thousands of years ago. A Savior was born, who is Christ the Lord. Born in Bethlehem, laid in a manger, wrapped in swaddling cloths, the One who is the King of Kings. Did this aligning of the planets happen then and that is what the wise men followed? I don't know. They followed it for many months.... it doesn't last that long.... so is it the same? Again, I don't know. But I do know Who they went to see, and I do know, without a doubt, Jesus is the Savior of the world.
What do you think about when you hear the words 'Christmas Star'? Did you stare at it last night in awe and wonder and think about Jesus? Did it stir your heart, just a little, to think that this very same thing happened 'back then' and it led the wise men - and the shepherds - to the little stable where the Christ child laid? What were your thoughts if you gazed at it outside, or saw it on social media?
Our world today has turned so far from God they do not know right from wrong anymore. We are in the 'end times' as they say. I'm pretty sure I won't live to the end times, and I sometimes wonder how my great-grandchildren (several greats, I hope) will survive. Will they be 'taken up' when the trumpet sounds because they know Jesus? Or will they be left to endure .... whatever may come. Our influence now may be what is passed down to them. Is it one that will help them to endure to the end.
I read about Martin Luther this morning and how he, on October 31, 1517 nailed a parchment to the door of the University of Wittenberg in eastern Germany. His document contained 95 theses, or points for debate. The great idea at the center was salvation by faith, not by works; being a good church member is insufficient to pay the price for our sins. This movement, launched by Martin Luther, also reestablished that we have direct access to God through Christ, our high priest. Luther was brave enough to stand up the the church as it was at that time. The people were told they had to go to the priest of the church to talk to God. I'm so glad Luther knew his Bible and would stand up to them. I am grateful that I can go to God, anytime and anywhere, and know that He hears me. I don't have to run to a church to find someone to go to God for me. I can 'do it all by myself'.
And you can too. My greatest joy would be that all my children - and grandchildren - will come to know the Lord on a personal basis. Not just know right from wrong, but to have a relationship with Jesus. To know Him as Lord. I can't make that choice for them. My example hasn't always been the best. But I know that I'm forgiven, and although I may fall and stumble frequently, I know that my Redeemer lives, and I choose to follow Him - no matter what.
Do you?
Blessings!
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