December 24, 2018
What is Christmas?
Besides a celebration of the birth of Jesus it is also a reminder of an invitation to a road toward magnificence, you were born with an opportunity to be magnificent.
It is an opportunity to plug into the current of love, joy and magnificence, every one of us has that opportunity.
It is an offer to float on a river with the the current of the wise in peace, kindness and brotherhood.
There is no other power I have found in my travels of 50 years that even comes close.
There is no drug or liquor that has delivered to me anything near to the feeling of being consumed by the Holy Spirit.
Of course there can be challenges, the primary obstacle is not reading the Bible yourself. You must read the Bible Yourself!
So many people clip on a Jesus pin on Sunday and somehow expect the magic of the Holy Spirit to be injected into them by the perspective of a Pastor or Preacher.
Please remember they have their own challenges, they probably cannot cure your ills. You must develop a Personal Relationship with God!
Read your Bible and Pray Often as to confirm that you know that you are not God and there is a higher power that you can connect to!
Nor can they be with you all of the time to warn you about the miserable people that try and drag you into their misery, lying, cheating and stealing from you.
But if you actually take the time to let your own mind explore the stories and wisdom in the Bible you will find that something similar to something that happens to you is probably already in the Bible including a result or conclusion.
Also don’t forget that there are other writings from the same time period available, many of which easily apply to these times but are not included in the dogma of some particular religious beliefs.
Please cherish all that you love on this Christmas day and remember that Jesus was all about Justice for all and Mutual Caring. When you help one you help us all and when you hurt one you hurt us all.
A Prayer for the Empty and Evil
Dear God, whether they go to church or not, please help those that are or are not celebrating your love.
Even the ones that do evil and seem to think they can hide their deeds by attending churches.
And those that seem to be empty inside because they were at some time hurt by the beasts and threw off of chose to ignore or deny the love you put inside of every one of us.
Please protect the love filled innocent and naive that sometimes don’t see the evil that the beasts do until it is too late and harm is caused by those that choose evil and prefer to do harm to others.
AMEN
God Bless You and have a Merry Christmas!
Reverend Michael Banker