Merry Christmas By God's Glory,
Thank You One And All
Thank You One And All
To everyone, please have a warm, traditional, and joyous holiday, remember the best of the year and those around you. Let the Love of Christ guide you to understanding all that's been frustrating, or let it be forgotten as there is much, much more in the meaning of your life that God only needs you to take a moment to be still, know and appreciate His hand in guidance. Through remembrance of Jesus Christ at Christmas is your moment to take notice of all the good you've done for others this year, for God's Glory, and often without realizing how He has led you.
Of all the gifts we could hope for, the greatest gift is His Love, His Joy, and knowing that God is there for us, that through Christ all is possible, that in remembering this we reclaim all that God has endowed us with, grounding ourselves in the principles of Individual Liberty that Jesus showed with every step He took.
When a group would want Him to act this or that way, Jesus would act as He knew would best serve His Father, Our Father. And when the group questioned Him, He explained that their being riddled shows the message wasn't for them, giving them a chance to recognize that individuality is what is intended, and not some collective structure to which everyone was accustomed, that God was not to come down and ascend a throne whose principles were those of men of the past, and upon which more of the same would always be built, but that God's Kingdom is one of Individual Liberty, a Kingdom where we choose God, and are not drafted as though a spoil of war.
Never forget when Peter tried to dominate Jesus' Path, to stand in the way of the Will of God, as Christ is to be in the fulfillment of our purpose, to exist for the Glory of God, and nothing less. Jesus told Peter “behind me satan,” the message being, behind me for you are being adversarial to God, it is by His Will I enter and shall be crucified, a Will I have accepted, a Will I know must be carried out for the Glory of God, and you have no authority to interfere with my Individual Liberty to follow God.
Many may see these things in a variety of ways, yet, it remains a significant certainty that our uniqueness of fingerprint, of facial structure, of DNA, of eye color, and facet after facet of our physical make-up, to be as unique as the snowflakes, is a certain demonstration by God of our individuality being paramount. That as we come to Him there is a necessity this is an individual acceptance, and returned with the simple knowledge we live for the Glory of God, as His companion who loved our God, who has been given dominion over this Earth to assure there will never be a time when God is without such a companion.
Thank you Jesus, for all You've suffered on our behalf, for all You've done for us to assure Salvation is available to us. May the first steps You took in securing God's children to be God's Companion, not be lost by those who've abandoned their relationship to God, to not even know their satanic ways, as we who hold fast to You, Jesus, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and shall never forget all You've done for ourselves, our ancestors, and our future… that you are the Glory of America from inception, our purpose to fulfill what only sentient free people can: living for the Glory and Love of God by our act and deed to assure freedom by individual liberty, that it never ceases to exist on the face of the Earth, and that your Glory and our love for you is the treasure of our purpose that we find in the course of our daily lives.
God's promise cannot ever be less, and know, please, that all of this is to thank God through Christ for all He's done in my life, and in particular this day to thank God for my author friend, A. Dru Kristenev, who God made sure I had the pleasure of knowing, a person who has made their every effort to assist me in this Journey, as a friend, mentor, and Minister who saved me from the worst of myself at times over these decades we've known each other. Jesus did for us what we cannot do for ourselves, something A. Dru Kristenev has done for me and many others, to which I feel compelled to recognize their being as Christlike as possible in the Glory of God as a statement of the true Spirit of Christmas as a lifetime of service and love in God's Will.
I Pray that we all find our way, and have those in our path to help us get there, for even Peter's actions were of God's Will to help Jesus affirm His Conviction to God's Path once more, at the gateway to the beginning of the Salvation of God's Companion, mankind.
Never underestimate the power of God, particularly after He gave us His only Son as testament to us of how we save ourselves, to remind us “we're in the world but not of it.”
By the Love of God, and in His Glory, Merry Christmas,
Toddy Littman
P.S. Been down with a cold that seems to linger, the Spirit of this time of year seeming not as connected so far. Usually it'd be December 24th and I'd be moved, sending what I have written off for a little last minute editorial review by my author friend, A. Dru Kristenev. This year is different and I hope you'll pardon this earlier Christmas message. God Bless you all!
