Two daughters and their dogs were here for Thanksgiving, and we had a wonderful time. Kept in touch with #3 and Joannie, who is really #4, using various electronic devices. I have so much to be thankful for.
I love the festive season and have now given myself over to letting Advent go by-the-by and start celebrating on Thanksgiving and carry on until my birthday. By then, it’s time to get out the Easter bunny collection.
After everyone had left this morning and I had loaded the dishwasher one last time, I settled down to my much later-that-usual Sunday morning ritual. I readily admit that early Sunday mornings usually find me reading several newspapers online and not my bible. However, this morning, a rough memory of the following came to mind, and I went to the source.
First Timothy 3:1-3 reads: “The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.”
So, during Advent, do whatever feels right to you to connect with The Deity — traditional prayer, meditation, singing, serving, celebrating, but let this be your intention: Please grant us noble overseers.