Merry Christmas to All of My Friends and Family!!!

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Christmas is Coming

Things are really getting exciting here at the Grib home. We are in full Christmas preparation mode. Cookies are made. Cards are ready. Bread is baking for gifts. This way on Christmas Eve we can FOCUS. I can't see straight sometimes through the normal everyday fog. The world tries to throw everything they can in front of your face to distract you. Refuse. Focus. Be Still. Pray. Move Mountains. The entire reason that we live, move and breathe was born in a manger in Bethlehem and this is HIS WEEK. HIS DEAL. JESUS has every right to be the main focus of HIS own holiday. It's CHRISTmas. Don't try to water it down, sugar coat it, cover it up, misconstrue it, replace it, copy it, fake it. No matter what anyone does, they can't get rid of JESUS. Many have tried. They won't succeed. I am proud to be a child of the King that came as a baby in flesh clothing to be my Savior...Go through life on this earth feeling what I feel and experiencing things as I do...then as a final act of love and desire for relationship with us, He gave Himself as a sacrifice for my filthy sins and everyone who was ever born and ever will be. It blows my mind. I can't wrap my head around it completely, but I am passionately grateful nonetheless. I don't have to understand everything at once. Most I won't understand until I finally get to sit at His feet and soak Him in. I do intend to enjoy the journey however, gleaning as much as I can about my Jesus while I'm here. Sure wouldn't want that awkward silence that would happen if I never bothered to get to know Him and all of the sudden showed up for an eternal visit. AWKWARD. Just sayin...So, I am SO looking forward to the celebration of His birthday!! Sure hope you will join me - It's going to be awesome!!

This is my inner child talking to GOD

If you know me well, you know that this expresses my identity quite well. I love shoes and thought that this was too cute not to share. Abba Father...

Sometimes we can be Cannibalistic

GOD showed me something last night in my prayer time that I wanted to share because I felt that I was supposed to. It is for the family of GOD as a whole. When we put down each other, demand our own way in the church, gossip about each other, be nice nice to each others faces and deep inside hold bitter feelings toward each other, not believing the best and praying for GOD's blessings and GOD's best for each other...I have decided that all these activities are a form of cannibalism on a spiritual level. Jesus said that we are one body - one mind - one mission. When we do any of these things, we are eating away at our own flesh. SICK. We have got to stop this nonsense. Love each other, build each other up. When is the last time you walked up to someone that is not part of your 'klik' and asked them how they are doing and actually waited for the answer? Are you respecting the leadership of the church that GOD's placed for your good? Do you tear them down and talk badly about them, or do you bless them with your mouth and your actions? There are some very serious Scriptures concerning all of these things. GOD takes it very seriously when we trespass against our fellow believers, and He promises serious consequences from His own hand.  So the next time things don't go quite the way you felt they ought to at church, that person didn't wear what you approve of, that teen's hair doesn't seem Godly to you according to your standards...think again. No, REALLY...THINK AGAIN. Our minds need renewed - turned around - upside down. We need to stop that stinkin thinkin and "let this mind be in you which is in Christ Jesus". It wasn't a passive suggestion my brothers and sisters. It's a command. So lets stop chewing on our own fingers and get about the business of spreading the Gospel of Christ. Quit focusing on the fleshly nonsense that doesn't mean a hill of beans in the light of eternity. BE SOMETHING for Jesus - He's everything for me...it's only fair.