CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
SURVIVOR’S GUILT Lent Devotion #25
SCRIPTURE: Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. (NKJV)
DEVOTION: As I read these stories I reflect back on the child-slaughter meant to rid the world of Moses and Jesus. Although it’s difficult to me to consider that anyone worthy of being called a homo sapiens could participate in slaughters such as these, tales from wartime situations confirm mankind today is no better than mankind of old.
Each time I read of these mass slaughters of small children I wonder what effect they had on Moses and Jesus. Did the two suffer from (more…)
Come celebrate my funeral
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
COME CELEBRATE MY FUNERAL
SCRIPTURE: Genesis 15:15 And you shall to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old (hoary) age. (Amp)
REFLECTION: My friend Norma Leary wrote in jest that perhaps we ought to take the “fun” out of the word “funeral.” Might I add that since most funerals are somber occasions a more realistic word would be “somberal?”
Funerals, for the Christian, should have an element of (more…)