GCR Women

I almost changed my mind about the subject for my post.  It's the same as yesterday's sermon topic so I thought maybe I should go a different direction.  But then when we talked about it in yesterday's Bible class, too, I decided maybe God wants us to hear it, since He's having it repeated.  So I decided I'd go ahead and say what I'd planned to say after all. At this time of year, we often remember the story of the birth of our Savior.  It's a familiar story, so familiar that we can tell it again and again from memory.  It's a beautiful and amazing story of God the Son coming into this world as a baby for the purpose of letting us see and know God the Father.  Do we know the story?  Sure, we can tell the story, but do we know the story? In the gospel of John, Jesus tells the disciples that He's going away to prepare a place for them and that they know the way to the place where He's going.  Thomas asks Jesus how they could know the way if the...

We've just returned from a round-trip to Dallas via Lubbock to visit family for Thanksgiving.  The trip was long, especially for someone riding in the third row of the Explorer surrounded by luggage and coats and other trip paraphernalia.  My claustrophobia kicked in for a while. Anyway, we had a great time and it was worth it to be able to see relatives we hadn't connected with in a long time. Holidays seem to bring out that longing for family.  We don't get to see some of our family very often and so on holidays, we go to great lengths to be close to our loved ones.  Just a few short days can satisfy that longing and fill that empty spot for a little while at least. I was at a conference recently where one of the speakers reminded us of the concept that each of us has a God-shaped hole in our hearts that only God can fill.  But she took it one step further when she asked us if maybe the reverse is true:  Does God have a you-shaped hole is His heart th...