Today is the day we celebrate the God of the universe coming to live with us as one of us; Emmanuel!
I have been thinking about the birth of Christ this week, trying to understand what it must have been like for Mary and Joseph. Only just married, giving birth to the King of Kings and then having to bug out to Egypt to protect Him. God Himself, born in human flesh, so that He could redeem us to Him. There is nothing we could do, nothing we could give, nothing at all that could fix the chasm of our fallen nature.
Now that is a gift of all gifts.
Merry Christmas Prepared Christians!
A couple quick notes related to the site. I have been suffering from a writer’s block of sorts, not on the content itself, but on subjects. God has delivered subjects for the past few weeks, but if any of you have a subject you would like to read about, please send me an email or post it as a comment.
I have decided to take the rest of the week, just rejuvenate and not work on the site. I will still check emails and respond to comments, but there won’t be an article until after New Years.
Again, Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to all of you. May the King of Kings bless you all!
Merry Christmas, Chris. God Bless.
Merry Christmas Mike, blessings to you and your.
Merry Christmas Chris and readers
May we all experience the love, peace and joy of the true meaning of Christmas.
Chris, “God gives His loved ones rest.” Enjoy your break and I know Holy Spirit will lead you in to all truth (and fresh ideas).
Nothing wrong with repetitions either!! What we miss on one – we sometimes pick up on another.
For those who have stored food away, perhaps starting to compile easy, and food stretching receipes would be helpful. You have taught us how to look at things and think of different uses – so now how to look at food and see past just, “a can of soup!?”
I enjoy herbal info for alternatives to meds. Learning to think like “a pioneer” is good to.
I still need to learn about making candles and soap.
I am also compiling scriptures of God’s promises to protect and provide – I want those handy on cards too. Now is the time to “hide His Word in our hearts!”
Christmas Blessings to all!
Merry Christmas Margaret. I would love to see your list of encouraging scriptures. My favorite is Jeremiah 29:11
Thanks for the ideas Margaret, going back and covering some old things with a twist is a good idea. I think I’ll write about the wild edibles I research as I want to learn ones that have medicinal values.
Merry Christmas
Hello Margret.
I have made some candles. Well lets say, remake. and I find it a lot easier.
If you interested, E-mail me and I’ll send you my works.
Paul
Merry Christmas!
I have an article that I am going to post up on my site … this year I had a little flash of something (no, it wasn’t when I plugged in the toaster) about the song “Little Drummer Boy”, and decided to write about it. It will be up late this afternoon.
First, I have a couple presents to wrap and some cookies to bake!
Merry Cristmas to ALL!
Post a link here once you get the time to post it, I would like to take a look.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year every one!
Chris, you’ve been a real blessing in my life this year. Your blog has created room for growth and awareness and your encouragement to keep doing as Papa has so prompted us to do in preparedness and higher pursuit is a true gift indeed.
Thank You my Friend! Thanks for all you do, for who you are and for following what you’ve been led to do.
May Papa’s rich Blessings be your’s throughout this Season and the Year to come.
That means a lot, thank you Jim. Your encouragement has meant a lot to me, as has your comments on many of the articles.
May the King of Kings bless you deeply in the coming year.
Merry Christmas to you and yours Chris! God Bless!!
Thanks Mary, Merry Christmas to you all as well!
You deserve a break, we all do since it feels like we have been at war with the other half of the country that doesn’t know our Lord and Savior. Thank you for all of your articles, you are very appreciated. I especially like prepping with a Christian perspective. There are lots of prepper blogs and FB pages, but knowing we are united in Christ keeps me coming back to your site. Thank you for the email updates, I really look forward to them.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours, God love you
Thanks Patti, I appreciate that.
For those who are interested in making candles. I have found very cheap and safe
one to make.
One can use a pint caning jar and lid. or any small jar & lid
cover the bottom with any kind of cooking oil
Now, for the wick. Use a small piece of cotton & make a tip.
Let it soak in the oil. This will be hard to start, so I use a charcoal starter. Once lit, it well burn for hours. Safe, cause it turned over, it won’t set on fire. And cheap to make. You can also, use a metal washer. !/4″ Pushing the tip of the cotton through
it. I have made several other, some more complex, easy, cheap and fun
Merry Christmas to all
Paul
Thanks for the information Paul.
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas. I would love to see articles comparing prices and quality of preparedness products such as shelf stable food, food storage organization and water storage. Articles or additional links in your Links Library on (dare I call them female) preparedness topics such as sewing, canning and gardening would be helpful. Advice on if and how to encourage family and close friends to begin to prepare, especially from a Christian worldview would be great. It is sometimes hard to talk about this topic with others and not sound like a nut. Or maybe it’s ok to sound like a nut. I would appreciate perspective. Also, a beginners guide to guns and knives would be helpful. Where should I start and why?
Finally, I don’t mean to offend anyone, but I have noticed most of the other sites I find on preparedness are maintained by Mormons or are related to the Mormon church. As a Christian, I don’t want other Christians to get sucked into Mormonism just because they seem to have good ideas on preparedness. Perhaps you could address that issue.
wow thanks Rachel, lots of good ideas, I am taking notes.
chris, i wanted to pass this along to everybody that i can, Christian and nonChristian, and i wasn’t sure where to post it here, so hopefully this is a good spot.
at http://www.wordservice.org there is an exegetical study of end times prophecy. i would urge and encourage everyone to read it and pass it along. it’s long and he’s still cleaning up grammatically, but it is worth every minute. i read the main part because the hyperlinks were kinda long, so now i will go back and read the hyperlinks. but i was definitely inspired by what i read.
i would agree with margaret about the herbal alternatives. i’ve been using stinging nettle for my allergies since the mid ’90s, but it also helps a host of other issues.
Happy New Year and God Bless!
jerry
Happy New Year Jerry! Thanks for the resource, it sounds interesting; I’ll try to take a look soon.