by Don Freeman | Dec 24, 2020 | Devotional
Light was birthed into the darkness of that first Christmas night bringing hope just like the first faint glowings of dawn after a long and anxious waiting. This waiting for the promised Messiah was four hundred years of bated breath, of groanings, of prophecies...
by Don Freeman | Dec 22, 2020 | Devotional
Whodathunkit? A zealous, fire-breathing, puritanical Pharisee gets chosen, not in spite of, but because of his all-in approach to what he believes is truth. Once Saul, the Jew of Jews on the fast track to becoming High Priest one day, now Paul, the equally zealous...
by Don Freeman | Dec 19, 2020 | Devotional
It’s an extraordinary thought that all newborn babies share common traits yet carry holy uniqueness within every gene of their being. Casual observers may have difficulty matching infants with their Moms & Dads, but the mother-child bond can quickly make a...
by Don Freeman | Dec 17, 2020 | Devotional
It was an old tire, but while no longer roadworthy, appeared to be sufficient for this trial run. The rope was thick and seemed capable of holding. However, when David sat in and gripped the top of the tire, launching himself out over the stream those two elements in...
by Don Freeman | Dec 15, 2020 | Devotional
Babies can melt the stoniest of ogre hearts with their purity and innocence, their unfeigned joy at seeing a silly grinning adult babble and goo and make faces for some unknown reason. They gradually begin the process of discovering their world, first by ‘getting’...
by Don Freeman | Dec 12, 2020 | Devotional
Joy is an ecstatic fireworks display erupting out of the heart, crashing and booming and flashing and sizzling and hissing, often prompting sobbing laughter and dancing, spinning and hugging. I’m convinced that much of joy’s intensity is the nail-biting lead-up, the...
by Don Freeman | Dec 10, 2020 | Devotional
There’s an iconic photo of a young dad carrying his 3-year-old son as he winds his way through the throng of last-minute Christmas shoppers (of which he is one) at a very crowded mall (this was obviously captured pre-social distancing). He has several bags clutched in...
by Don Freeman | Dec 8, 2020 | Devotional
“He shall be called . . . Prince of Peace.” A prince: the son of a king. Royalty; a powerful position to wield throughout the entire realm of his father. The phrase ‘of Peace’ characterizes not the geographical extent of the kingdom (i.e. Earl of Virginia) but the...
by Don Freeman | Dec 5, 2020 | Devotional
Picture this delightful scene with me: it feels like ‘o-dark-thirty’ and for some bizarre reason your alarm is ringing, so you turn over and fumble for the snooze button, fearing that you’ll fall back to sleep without a repeat reminder. You don’t know what time it is...
by Don Freeman | Dec 3, 2020 | Devotional
“I hope there’s dessert at dinner.” “I hope it doesn’t rain today.” “I hope I find a good parking spot.” These ‘hopes’ are intro hopes, Hope 101 if you will – not bad, but inconsequential in the grand scheme of things and revealing ‘it’s all about me’ tendencies....
