Topic: Scroll 2005 A.D.
The Scroll
November 2005 AD
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This year is almost gone. Thanks to all of you who have prayed for us, we have felt your prayers. It has been a busy year. In April Heather, and Andrew were married and it was a wonderful wedding. God made it possible for us to have a medieval wedding in a Gothic style church the bride was beautiful, I must say. This year we have been working to build the Kingdom and the people of our ministry. In September our first grandson was born. He came one month early but the Lord was with his mother and all of us and everything went well. He is doing well just growing and blessing us all. In October it was announced that Heather will have our second grand next year (pray for her time of carrying the child and that she will have a blessed and safe delivery).
On October 29th I married my oldest son Terry Lee to his bride Crystal and it was a wonderful wedding. Pray for Joel that God will send him a Godly wife. Deb and I went to convention and heard Dr. Jack Hayford one our favorite speakers and than we took some time off. Now we come down to the stretch, the beginning of the holiday seasons and the end of the year. We wish you the best Holidays and a great New Year. Please pray for us and If you have a need send the request to us so that we can join with you in prayer. Take care and we all here at the ministry wish you the best and hope to hear from you soon!
You're all familiar with the Christmas song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
The songs gifts are hidden meanings to the teachings of the faith. The "true love" mentioned in the song doesn't refer to an earthly suitor, it refers to God Himself. The "me" who receives the presents refers to every baptized person. The partridge in a pear tree is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. In the song, Christ is symbolically presented as a mother partridge which feigns injury to decoy predators from her helpless nestlings, much in memory of the expression of Christ's sadness over the fate of Jerusalem: "Jerusalem! Jerusalem! How often would I have sheltered thee under my wings, as a hen does her chicks, but thou wouldst not have it so..."
The other symbols mean the following:
2 Turtle Doves = The Old and New Testaments
3 French Hens = Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues
4 Calling Birds = the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists
5 Golden Rings = The first Five Books of the Old Testament, the "Pentateuch", which gives the history of man's fall from grace.
6 Geese A-laying = the six days of creation
7 Swans A-swimming = the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments
8 Maids A-milking = the eight beatitudes
9 Ladies Dancing = the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
10 Lords A-leaping = the ten commandments
11 Pipers Piping = the eleven faithful apostles
12 Drummers Drumming = the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed
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C.S. Lewis’ timeless adventure "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" follows the exploits of the four Pevensie siblings -- Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter -- in World War II England, who enter the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of hide-and-seek in the rural country home of an elderly professor. Once there, the children discover a charming, peaceful land inhabited by talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs and giants that has become a world cursed to eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Under the guidance of a noble and mystical ruler, the lion Aslan, the children fight to overcome the White Witch’s powerful hold over Narnia in a spectacular, climactic battle to free Narnia from Jadis’ icy spell forever.
Chivalry on the Titanic
With the motion picture "Titanic" keeping the image of the giant ship in the public's eye, a small organization of men, The Men's Titanic Society, remembers and honors those men who stepped aside on April 15, 1912 so that women and children could fill the ship's few lifeboats. Since 1980, The Society has quietly gathered an hour before 2:20 A.M. on the anniversary of the ship's sinking (April 15) to honor the spirit of Chivalry on the Titanic. The group has about 20 members and gathers at the Watergate Hotel to toast and honor the men who gave up their seats, as well as the women who stayed by their husbands rather than abandon them.
Are you a thankful person?
The truth is that far too many Christians suffer from bitterness and ingratitude. They are discontent. They are not thankful to God for their heritage, for their nation, or for the provision of a sovereign and merciful God. The result is lack of perspective, hopelessness, fear, and even despair (Psalm 78).Grateful people are victorious people. I am convinced that gratitude is a key to personal, familial, and national blessing — gratitude for our parents, gratitude for our spiritual fathers, and eternal gratitude to the Lord Jesus Christ for the redemption of our souls. National ingratitude leads to slavery, but a thankful people are a blessed people (Psalm 78).
