December 19, 2024 – 5 Days Until My Head Explodes, Or Devotions to Prepare Us For Christ’s Coming
“ I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father. 5 But now, dear lady, I ask you, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning, let us love one another. 6 And this is love that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment just as you have heard it from the beginning—you must walk in it.” 2 John: 4-6
Well, another Christmas ornament abomination. Even Cranky Reverend knows that if you hang this ornament on the tree, it will look more like a dead bird than it will Christmas cheer. Perhaps you might be able to find a broken egg in your front yard, or maybe even a frozen worm to put beside this poor example of the holidays. Cranky Reverend likes the spirit of the movie “Nightmare Before Christmas”, but CR does not need to hang it on the tree.
Notice in the scripture that it does not say “all of your children” – but “some of them.” Even in the first century following Christ was not necessarily easily passed on to the progeny. CR is thrilled to see children in the church. The Crankster even has a thriving puppet ministry. And still the church lacks consistent attendance from the children of the congregation. Perhaps CR needs less scary puppets.
We all want our children to stay in the church – to find their place in the church no matter their age. We also know that they will go through times where they will want nothing to do with the church leaving their parents and grandparents feeling a bit like a broken egg – we hoped to hatch baby birds of faith, and they have broken away and broken our hopes.
But if we are honest, we will admit that some of us also fell away from the church in our early life. All we can do is pray and pray and pray – and set an example for all our families. G-d willing, the children will come back.
Pastor Dave
The "Frowning Glory" 
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