It is probably true of great changes in everyone's life. There comes a time when you realize that it's really happening. I'm beginning to consider the idea that this is not (or at least could be
other than) a long vacation after which I go back to my so-called real life.
I'm beginning to look at things differently and to consider possibilities. I'm
asking what I could do (or be) that would involve my doing good. I'm asking what I can do
that would benefit the world around me? I'm suddenly finding myself without the
excuse I've always used: work. The answers I'm getting are the sorts of things to which I would typically say, "no, no, no, no, no" and I'm considering them. I'm going to keep it all vague for now because it's all vague to me. It's like I'm in the "Get Ready" part of "Get ready, set, go!" The best way I can describe it at the moment is that it is as if God is saying,
"Welcome to 2016! Wake up and smell the coffee, the buckle up because it's
going to be an interesting ride."
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14) This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 1:18) But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.” “How will this be,” Mary asked the...
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