December 17, 2025,
Dear Friend,
Have you seen how rhododendrons protect themselves in cold weather? They curl up like straws and hang like icicles from their branches. There are very few other examples that are so obvious of a living thing assuming such a protective stance. The squirrels that sit with their bushy tails pressed against their backs are another example that comes to mind.
Life challenges us in so many ways, Friend. Sometimes we do need to curl in to protect ourselves. Sometimes there are real threats to our well-being. Cold is damaging; unkind words and unkind actions are damaging. Through it all, and available to us, is a source of security and warmth that will never waver. We may not always feel that God is near, but if we can find a sense of gratitude within ourselves, that is the beginning of finding our way back in alignment with the Source of all that is…the Source of Love. In this season of Advent, in the season of longest nights and deepest cold, I pray we remember to look within to the place where God is all that is. May we find warmth there, may we find security there, and may we find the light of Christ shining.
“Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from God. Truly God is my rock and my salvation; God is my fortress, I will never be shaken.” -Psalm 62: 1-2
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Save the Dates
Nov. 30-Dec. 31 Heifer Project available for alternative giving, via website https://dublinchurch.org/ or station in Church Hall
Dec. 21, this Sunday, Christmas Pageant 10:30
Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7:30
Scripture Discussion this Saturday
9-10
via zoom
Link will be in Saturday morning’s email
-All are welcome-
Please join me in a spirit of prayer.
God of my heart and mind, I am grateful in this moment to be able to be of service. I pray for clarity, for strength, and for perseverance in these difficult times. Make me a light that can shine in the darkness. Give me encouraging words to share. Guide me in your ways of love and compassion, I pray, in Christ’s name. Amen.
“May your hearts be comforted, and well-equipped in charity so you may know the mystery of God.” -Colossians 2: 2-3
With devotion,
Traceymay
603-715-0990
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