Dec 15 2008
On the second day of Christmas…
Two cups of tea for me this morning… to get me moving and thinking clearly about all I need to do today. But those two cups also gave me a little extra time to just be still and quiet before the Lord.
Today is the second day of Christmas, which the song says brings two turtledoves… Turtledoves represent lovers, but I think the Bible version is better: it represents the Old and New Testaments, the two parts of God’s love letter to us. I just finished my Old Testament class last night at Forsyth Tech, and one of the things I learned is how crucial the O.T. is to Christians even today. We need to read it in order to fully understand and appreciate the New Testament, not to mention there are valuable lessons to be learned in every O.T. story. There has to be two testaments - you can’t have one without the other.
So that’s all I will say about it. Read the Bible - all of it, not just the parts you prefer - and obey what it says. Learn from it. Learn from the example of Jesus, and look at the whole beautiful gospel story from beginning to end - from sheep skins to robes of righteousness. God has a lot to say, and he wants you to read it!
