DAILY READING Jeremiah 9:23-24 REFLECTION   My Faith, Your Free Gift By Judy Webb This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD." (Jeremiah 9:23-24) One commentary indicated these two...

DAILY READING Matthew 2:1-12 REFLECTION Follow that Star...Even Today  By Judy Webb "After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him." ( Matthew 2:1-2 NIV) I really enjoy reading verse 2 from the VOICE version… “Where is this newborn who is King of the Jews? When we were far away in the East we saw His star,...

DAILY READING LUKE 2:25-35 REFLECTION   Wisdom of the Aged By Judy Webb Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout...It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Messiah. (Luke 2:25-26)   This is a story we read every year around this time and it is told through the eyes of a man named Simeon, one of the godly remnants of Jews who was waiting for the coming of the Messiah. There is another story which...