What Can I Give Him?

Good Saturday Morning!

 

While Cindy is still in Indiana for a few more days, I have returned home from vacation.  Along the way we saw old friends from many years ago, helped Clayton move into his new apartment in Lexington, celebrated with family my mother's upcoming 90th birthday, and spent a few days at Cindy's family farm in Indiana.  It was a busy, but good few days away.  I am looking forward to seeing you tomorrow as we gather for our second August Sunday worship service at 9:30 a.m.  I will begin a series of messages tomorrow that will carry us through the rest of the month on the theme, "What Can I Give Him?"  The final verse of Christina Rossetti's poem, "In the Bleak Midwinter," is the inspiration for this series, as she writes, "What can I give Him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; if I were a wise man, I would do my part; yet, what can I give Him-- give Him my heart."

 

The poem was actually written as a Christmas offering and later set to music in the Christmas carol, "In the Bleak Midwinter."  While it might be refreshing to think of a Christmas theme in the heat of August, our focus will not be Christmas, but the act of giving.  How do we make a difference in the gifts we give, and what do we truly have to offer to God?

 

I hope you will join us tomorrow and throughout the month for these special August Sundays at Westwood.  I look forward to seeing you at 9:30 in the morning!

 

Jim Abernathy