What hit me during the hunting day?

it hit me from a different angle. We usually make decisions like that all the time, consciously and unconsciously.
We sacrifice our birthplace for a better place, some sacrificed their birthright for a plate of soup.
We sacrifice time, money and energy to study with the hope of a better outcome in the future using what we learned or the diploma we received. … More What hit me during the hunting day?

Day 13 of Advent Devotionals

The author for the hymn Wake, Awake for Night is Flying, German Pastor Philipp Nicolai, wrote this hymn during the plague that happened in his lifetime.  During the winter that the plague hit, this Lutheran Pastor averaged 30 funerals a week, over 1,000 funerals he would officiate total throughout that winter. What might drive us to despair and desolation drew Pastor Nicolai instead to the hope of the promise of Jesus Christ.  He saw through it all the darkness breaking and the light of Christ shining bright.  … More Day 13 of Advent Devotionals