2022, Just a Short Pop-In

Birthdays!

25 Dec 2022 Kathie Whitestone Thompson Leave a comment

It’s a quiet morning here at The White Stone Blog and in the house where we abide.

It is also December 25.
The world is celebrating who/what they do not know.

For the few of us whose month of December has been different, I have a few words.
To be honest, this morning I picked up one of my prayer journals, the one on my nightstand, and I wrote to Father that I had to be honest with Him that I missed some of the traditions of the Day – the warm fuzzies, the very sentimental, traditional things. And then “this is the day” came to mind, so I looked it up. It’s in Psalm 118.
I read the whole Psalm – twice.
It gave me holy and much-welcomed warm fuzzies.
If you read it, may it do the same for you — especially if your December has been different and you have been experiencing just a bit of “missing something”.

So I was wondering how long have people been doing this?
When did it get started and why did it start?
There’s nothing recorded in the New Testament, so it must have been after the early Church.
They didn’t do this. So, I looked.

And of all places on the History Webpage, I found some low-down.
I have no reason to doubt them — do you?

Click HERE to read what I read.
I’ll leave you to your own thoughts.

The cups of tea and red scarf near cozy fireplace.

Love, Kathie

Post-Script (PS)

This analogy is inferior but let me share it anyway. It might help a few.
First, let me do a little setup.
One, JESUS is not a fallen human so He is not selfish, egotistical, or self-centered, unlike all unredeemed humans.

Now, how honored would YOU consider yourself to be if the world said it was throwing YOU a 2 to 3-month birthday party and the entire 2 to 3 months was all about those attending the party and YOU were barely mentioned (except in the promoting of the party and a few readings of the story of the night YOU were born) by only a small, small minority of the attendees?

Would YOU consider this a party celebrating YOUR birthday?

Would YOU dare pull such a fraud on any of YOUR family or friends?

Such is the world’s celebration that officially ended yesterday – December 25.

2022, Gospel of Luke

Muster

22 Dec 2022 Kathie Whitestone Thompson Leave a comment

Luke 22

The following is my Facebook post from about two hours ago:

“Okay, Y’all.
For those of you who can/will ask someone you love who also loves JESUS, get Your Bibles and read, really read, Luke 22. As you read Listen for HOLY SPIRIT as He speaks.
I am in AWE of The GODMAN!!
OH, WHAT A SAVIOR we have!!

I may still write a post for The White Stone Blog but right now all I can muster is just to ask you to read it too.”

luke 22

Presently I still cannot put words to ‘paper’ what has wonderfully overwhelmed me in Luke 22.
I am just asking that you read and seek The LORD yourselves in this chapter.

Love, Kathie

2022, Gospel of Luke, Just a Short Pop-In

Rise with the Dawn

21 Dec 2022 Kathie Whitestone Thompson Leave a comment

Just a quick pop-in to say hello.
It’s cold where I am. I’ve had cold feet all day.

So, y’all stay warm. tenor

Luke 21

This is our reading for today.
If you have not read it yet, I invite you to use the link above to read it.

It’s an up-to-date chapter – some things have already happened and others are yet to be.

Here’s some counsel we must not miss:

³⁴“But keep watch on yourselves, or your hearts will become dulled by carousing, drunkenness and the worries of everyday living, and that Day will be sprung upon you suddenly like a trap!
³⁵For it will close in on everyone, no matter where they live, throughout the whole world.
³⁶Stay alert, always praying that you will have the strength to escape all the things that will happen and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.” source

Read it again. We can’t take it all in, in one read.

And then look what JESUS did as He was closing in on the end of His First Coming.

³⁷Yeshua spent his days at the Temple, teaching; while at night he went out and stayed on the hill called the Mount of Olives.
³⁸All the people would rise with the dawn to come and hear him at the Temple courts. source

They would rise with the dawn to come and hear Him.

Father, I pray these words will particularly speak as our Readers come to read. Amen and amen. Be Thou Glorified O LORD.

Love, Kathie

1 Corinthians, 2022, Forgiveness, Holy Soap Box, Repentance, Revelation, Romans, Salvation

Palatable

20 Dec 2022 Kathie Whitestone Thompson 1 Comment

At times I tire of bringing strong, firm, and hard-to-publish posts here to this screen. Often I want to write something happy, funny, light, pleasant – you know easy to read things.
This one is not.
So we might as well get started.

We hear Sermons and watch “Biblical” movies (like tonight) and then sit for the wrap-up, numerating the stresses and woes of living here. Things like a financial loss.
Governmental interference and overreach.
Sickness.
Disease.
Death of those we love.
Breaches of relationships, family.
Injustices.
Bad hair days.
The list of things that bring us stress, pain, worry, wondering what shall we do, how shall this end?

And this is supposed to get people to sign up for salvation?
The message of these sermons and “Biblical” movies are so palatable to the average Joe and Sally: we have hurts and JESUS wants to make us all better.
We just need to believe, say a little prayer, and voi·là we are saved.

Saved from what I am left asking?
The stresses and hurts of this world?

Is that what the Sinless Perfect Holy Holy Holy GOD of Creation came to earth incarnate to do?
Make our lives here comfortable?
Make us feel good about ourselves?

Please tell me where that is recorded in HOLY WRIT.

When are we going to preach and testify that JESUS came to save SINNERS, not just unhappy, troubled people?

When are we going, to tell the truth, that JESUS saves people who are broken, devastated over the revelation knowledge that has come to them that they are sinners, sinners who have SINNED against The Holy, Holy, Holy GOD of Eternity, and because of this are headed straight for hell?
When are we going to preach and testify that conversion, the re-birth, happens when an undone sinner is not worried about the job they lost or the trip they didn’t get to take, they are terrified of the hell their sin is sending them to?
And THEN they hear the glorious best news they have ever heard or ever shall hear: JESUS The CHRIST by HOLY SPIRIT reveals to them I, JESUS, YESHUA HAMASHIACH, I have taken your place!
You do not have to go to hell. Believest Thou This?

And by that time the repentant sinner is saying Yes. Yes. Yes.
Thank You. Thank You. I accept Your offer of forgiveness and redemption.
I accept Your Sacrificial death for me. Thank You. Thank You, LORD JESUS.

That my Friends is repentance and conversion.
That my Friends gets a person off the broad road to hell onto the narrow road headed for Heaven.

So it’s not light, it’s not funny, but it is the BEST NEWS A GUILTY SINNER has ever heard!
I should know — it’s the message I heard on November 18, 1975!
And I’ve never been the same!

I shall not leave you without Scripture.
Romans 3:23; 6:23; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Revelation 20:13-15

hqdefault