{"id":10259,"date":"2016-01-12T14:12:48","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T18:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=10259"},"modified":"2016-01-12T14:12:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T18:12:48","slug":"pastors-ponderings-christmas-wishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=10259","title":{"rendered":"Pastors Ponderings: Christmas Wishes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pastor Jim emailed the following devotional on January 5.\u00a0 We’re a bit slow in posting this message, but it’s relevant all year…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nGreetings Friends:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Happy New Year to all!<\/p>\n

Since we are still in the holy season of Christmas (Epiphany begins January 6), I was trying to think of some way to express greetings to all of you. Below is a poem I actually came across many years ago. I recently found it again and feel led to share it with you. It really sums up what this season is about while offering confidence as we move forward in the new year. I pray that all of us will be blessed.
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PLEASE READ: Matthew 2:9-11<\/p>\n

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“After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.”<\/span> <\/em><\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n

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My Christmas Wish<\/span><\/h3>\n

Scroll through this poem (written by Edward Bos)…<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tI’ve wished a very special wish for you this Christmas-tide;<\/p>\n

it reaches far beyond today, `Tis high and deep, and wide.\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t

\n\t\t\tI wish for you the angels’ song that tells of hope and love;<\/p>\n

I wish the radiance of the Star to guide your thoughts above.\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t

\n\t\t\tI wish for you the sturdy faith that led the Wise Men three<\/p>\n

Through cold of night, o’er desert drear, the Holy Child to see.\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t

\n\t\t\tI wish for you a humble heart, with purpose strong and true<\/p>\n

The blessing of the Christ, our Lord his is my wish for you.\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\n

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May God bless each of you every day in 2016 and beyond! May the gift of Jesus the Christ received at Christmas, continue to journey with each of you even as the decorations are put away!<\/p>\n

Shalom,<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pastor Jim<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Pastor Jim emailed the following devotional on January 5.\u00a0 We’re a bit slow in posting this message, but it’s relevant all year…     Greetings Friends: Happy New Year to all! Since we are still in the holy season of Christmas (Epiphany begins January 6), I was trying to think of some way to express […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[123],"class_list":["post-10259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pastors-ponderings","tag-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10259"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10268,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10259\/revisions\/10268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}