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Christmas Eve

Christmas Day_So much promise and so little on delivery

Love, Joy, Peace, Hope: Christ delivers on all these, and not just at Christmas. All four are found in the promised Christ Child, and He was so much more than a child.

Romans 15:7-13 (NLT) 7 Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory. 8 Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors. 9 He also came so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercies to them. That is what the psalmist meant when he wrote: “For this, I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing praises to your name.” 10 And in another place it is written, “Rejoice with his people, you Gentiles.” 11 And yet again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles. Praise him, all you people of the earth.” 12 And in another place Isaiah said, “The heir to David’s throne will come, and he will rule over the Gentiles. They will place their hope on him.” 13 I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Isn’t it great to be back doing Christmas again! My names Tony Ling and Christmas is just flowing through my veins… especially now I’m on thinners; everything just flows a whole lot easier. Welcome.

I was at a Christmas party Friday night and it was great meeting with friends and meeting new people… thinking, hey, we’re doing Christmas – again!

Got talking about this year with some banking and finance people…

Our world is a different place since we met last year.

We have learned terms like Brexit (birthed in 2012 but became global 2016); spin from a company such as Samsung and explaining phones catching on fire as a “battery cell issue”;

Brangelexit – a portmanteau containing letters from ‘Brad’, ‘Angelina’, and ‘exit’ – added to the venerable Oxford English Dictionary just hours after Angelina filed for divorce;

and then there is Donald (brings new meaning to a lame duck presidency).

Emails in my junk mail – customer service ‘congratulations’;

This is a personal invitation! You have been selected for our special program. We show how users can make over $17,349.93 in December!

For thirty years now, my reputation as a Psychic, Astrologer and Parapsychologist, was recognized worldwide, even on television. I will certainly surprise you, if I tell you that today, it is you that I choose. I will provide you plenty of explanation of what happens to you and what will happen to you soon. (paraglider, paramedic, paraclete)

If he was really a good psychic or parapsychologist he’d have known not to even send me his email… he’s have known it would end up in the junk bin.

So much promise and so little on delivery. It’s a bit like so much of what we endure this time of year – Christmas without the Christ story.