It is great to live in a country or even a world that many times gives us a second chance. It might come in school, at work, or in a relationship. We gratefully receive and are thankful for it. Recently God gave me a second chance.
Christmas is about Jesus and the giving of Jesus to the world. Sometimes we get away from that, but at the core it’s still all about JESUS. He was given to us as the greatest gift imaginable. And through us, his church, we are charged with the responsibility and privilege of sharing that same gift with the world. How can we do that this Christmas?
Halloween just passed and some of us put on some kind of fun costume or mask. Here at our church we had Trunk-or-Treat on Sunday night, and then the staff dressed up again for games with the preschool kids on Monday morning. It was all in good fun. But on the serious side, wearing other kinds of masks can be very harmful.
About a month ago in our little fishing village on the coast of Tanzania I received a phone call from the USA. On the other end of the line was a writer for Sports Illustrated. He wanted information for an e-book about the tall Sudanese basketball player named Manute Bol who died last year. But our following 45 minute interview was not about Manute Bol but about someone else who influenced his life, a person whom Manute met in a refugee camp in the mid 90’s and the same person who God brought to us in Kenya about 10 years later. He name is Victor Anyar.
Good eyes are such a wonderful blessing, a gift I sometimes take for granted. Though it should not be the case because I have had a number of eye problems in my life. But today I thank God for my eyes. They have been and are a huge blessing.
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