{"id":1871,"date":"2020-12-20T21:57:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T03:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2020-12-20T21:57:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T03:57:40","slug":"sterner-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/sterner-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Sterner Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1872\" src=\"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fire-feet-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Joy\" width=\"257\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fire-feet-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fire-feet-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fire-feet-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fire-feet.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/>Immanuel Has Come!<\/p>\n<p>O Come Let us adore Him!!<br \/>\nWe truly hope and pray that in these unsettled times you find peace and joy in Christ our Lord. We pray that you can enjoy time with friends and family reminiscing and remembering as well as making knew memories and traditions.<br \/>\nWe pray that the season will be filled with joy- even if it is a time of sorrow and loss for you personally.<br \/>\nThere is a joy and peace that transcends our circumstances- that is deeper than pain and flows slowly and steadily as the river of God\u2019s love.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel.\u201d<br \/>\nIsaiah 7:14<\/p>\n<p>During the desperate days of the Battle of Britain and the Second World War many people referred to the times as \u201cdark days\u201d. Winston Churchill recoiled from using the term- he instead called them \u201csterner times.\u201d<br \/>\nHe was referencing the fact that some times and seasons call for resiliency and fortitude- yes, they may even seem like dark times; however, the Prince of peace has entered our dark world and brought the light of life. So although these may be sterner times- they truly are not dark times- no instead let us always remember- the Light has come!!<\/p>\n<p>Please have a very Merry Christmas- eat a little more than you should- laugh a little more often, stay up late with the kids and grand-kids or those you love, wear your pj\u2019s and sit by the fire and sip a piping hot drink, drink some eggnog and eat a ginger snap- make it a joyous time.<\/p>\n<p>I think our Lord likes to see the lines of laughter about our face more than the melancholy spirit that sometimes drags us down. Read the Scripture and meditate often and long. Worship and pray- Our Lord has come!!<br \/>\nLet us all rejoice! He has come \u201cto save His people from their sin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because of grace,<br \/>\nTim<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Sterner%20Times\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immanuel Has Come! O Come Let us adore Him!! We truly hope and pray that in these unsettled times you find peace and joy in Christ our Lord. We pray that you can enjoy time with friends and family reminiscing and remembering as well as making knew memories and traditions. 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