Jaus' Notebook

Joseph and Mary possessed little of earth's riches, but they had the love of God, and this made them rich in contentment and peace. They were children of the heavenly King, who was about to give them a wonderful honor. William Fullerton rightly wrote "that He was born of Mary; When Bethlehem’s manger was His only home, And that He lived at Nazareth and labored, And so the Savior, Savior of the world is come." "And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.   And when they had seen it , they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart."   Luke 2:16-19 Here is the lyrics of a most beautiful song   Mark Lowry: Mary Did You Know? Mary, did you know that your baby boy Will one day walk on water? Mary, did you know that yo...

"Let us run with patience" (Heb. 12:1). To run with patience is a very difficult thing. Running is apt to suggest the absence of patience, the eagerness to reach the goal. We commonly associate patience with lying down. We think of it as the angel that guards the couch of the invalid. Yet, I do not think the invalid's patience the hardest to achieve. There is a patience which I believe to be harder--the patience that can run. To lie down in the time of grief, to be quiet under the stroke of adverse fortune, implies a great strength; but I know of something that implies a strength greater still: It is the power to work under a stroke; to have a great weight at your heart and still to run; to have a deep anguish in your spirit and still perform the daily task. It is a Christlike thing! Commenting on this verse, Jack Sequeira gives an illustration: I faintly remember the Olympics in 1984. There was a lady. The race was over but she would not give up. She c...