"Defend your clan, even with your life." - Warrior code, Warrior cats novel series. Also, if you don't like that I post Christian blogs, then please either do not subscribe/watch me or complain.
We face challenges daily. One that disturbs many believers is the response to preaching the Gospel and labelling various activities as sin. Among these are homosexuality, abortion, sexualization of minors, pornography, along with many others. In many cases, the response to these things being - rightly - labelled as evil is a strong, fierce, very angry one. Those in favor of these things call us - wrongfully in many cases - homophobic, as being opposed to women's' rights, as overreacting to sex,
I've done this topic before, yes, but I think, as in most cases, a reminder is necessary.
As the blessed day approaches, thoughts of what Christmas means to us, consciously and subconsciously, come up. One may feel as if Christmas specials touch on it (and I believe some do, such as the Charlie Brown one), and thoughts inevitably turn to what will be under the tree on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David.
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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
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My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer;in the night season, and am not silent.
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But you are holy,you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
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Our fathers trusted in you.They trusted, and you delivered them.
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