ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER

For the past month I’ve been sharing a small portion of the blessings I’ve experienced in my lifetime. It would take years to express my gratitude for all the things God has done for me. As we begin the Advent season and look forward to the birth of the Messiah, let’s turn our hearts to the greatest gift God ever bestowed upon mankind. He left His throne in heaven to live among us. Born in poverty. Laid upon a mound of hay in a trough that animals used. Swaddled in strips of cloth to keep his tiny body warm. Cuddled in His mother’s arms He nursed at her breast. This tiny child would become the Savior of the world. He would be both fully human and fully God so that He could experience what we do and pay for the iniquities of us all. His birth was nothing special, but His gift to the world was more than we deserved. Let us not forget this inconceivable, unconditional love that has never been surpassed.

There’s a voice in the wilderness crying,

A call from the ways untrod:

Prepare in the desert a highway,

A highway for our God!

The valleys shall be exalted,

The lofty hills brought low;

Make straight all the crooked places,

Where the Lord our God may go!

THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR ANOTHER DAY OF YOUR AMAZING GRACE. YOUR LOVE ENDURES FOREVER!