12-26-2008, 12:23 AM
He said, "The smell of my son is the good smell of the open fields that the LORD has blessed. Live a life filled with love for others, following the example of Christ, who loved you and gave himself as a sacrifice to take away your sins. And God was pleased, because that sacrifice was like sweet perfume to him. Our lives are a fragrance presented by Christ to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those being saved and by those perishing.
And who is adequate for such a task as this? It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver it.
For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. And the government will rest on his shoulders. These will be his royal titles: Wonderful Counselor,* Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Now wherever we go he uses us to tell others about the Lord and to spread the Good News like a sweet perfume.
"This is what the LORD says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your beloved son, I swear by my own self that I will bless you richly. I will multiply your descendants into countless millions, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies. All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.
Rejoice! Christmas is here!
bye for now,
kimberly
And who is adequate for such a task as this? It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver it.
For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. And the government will rest on his shoulders. These will be his royal titles: Wonderful Counselor,* Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Now wherever we go he uses us to tell others about the Lord and to spread the Good News like a sweet perfume.
"This is what the LORD says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your beloved son, I swear by my own self that I will bless you richly. I will multiply your descendants into countless millions, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies. All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.
Rejoice! Christmas is here!
bye for now,
kimberly