You may not have given natural birth to children, but you can still birth life into them. If you pour encouragement, knowledge, wisdom into them, or make a positive impact on a young person’s life, you can claim the title of Mother.
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Rudolph or Jesus?
What???
I asked the same question when the Holy Spirit gave me this title. How does Rudolph relate to Jesus? The title came after listening and singing along with the song on the radio. Because God hard-wired me this way, it didn’t take much to trigger a comparison, and frankly, with everything going on this year, we need a little fun to lighten up the season.
As I contemplated my physical hole, I thought about all the emotional holes in my heart I’ve experienced over the years. Relationship holes, disappointment holes, mistake holes, bitterness holes, and other hurtful holes. Holes that needed repair, yet required different treatment options. Some needed only minor adjustments in my attitude while others needed a procedure to clamp the hole to keep it from further damage to my body. I’ve also needed outright heart surgery to repair some deep holes of emotional hurt.
2020 brings in a new decade, a new year, new desires, new outlooks, and new beginnings, and with my upcoming eye exam, I desire 20/20 “perfect vision”. However, at my age, my eyesight lacks these numbers as I read the dreaded eye chart.
The eye chart measures visual acuity, which reveals the clearness or sharpness of your vision. The top number represents your distance in feet from the chart. The bottom number indicates the distance at which a person with normal eyesight can read the same line.
A person with 20/20 vision can see what an average individual can see on an eye chart when they stand 20 feet away.
Thanksgiving looms just around the corner and I feel the excitement of family gatherings and the traditional foods accompanying this holiday. Tables set with turkey, ham, dressing, macaroni and cheese, rice and gravy, cranberry sauce, casseroles, corn, broccoli, and buttered rolls trigger hunger pains. Pumpkin, potato, and apple pies resting on the dessert table along with various assortments of cakes and cookies kill our diet plans. Time to get the plates out.
The Thanksgiving plate…filled to the brim with lots of our favorite foods. A plate packed and running over with very little room for the fork to rest its prongs. A plate carefully divided with above average proportions of the main menu items. A separate plate to savor multiple desserts. A plate salivated over, hopefully prayed over, prepared just for you and me, and ready to be worshipped.
The Thanksgiving plate reminded me of the plate, our life, we prepare for Jesus.
he memory of my first job in high school set off a thought. I worked at Burger King and since I love to eat, this job proved to be a blessing for me. During that era, Burger King provided our lunch or dinner depending on the shift worked. Yep, I consumed my fill of whoppers with cheese, fries and coke. Heaven!!!
But the memory triggering my thought centered not on the food, but Burger King’s slogan. See, you could order the standard, traditional or established Whooper. Then again, the Have It Your Way slogan emphasized the idea of customization. They urged you to add or remove any of the basic ingredients to your hamburger. In other words, between the sesame seed buns, you get your whopper the way you want it. My perfect order?
A Whopper with cheese… ketchup, mayo, pickles and onions. Add extra lettuce and tomatoes, but absolutely no mustard!
Many of us desire to Have It Our Way when it comes to living this life.