Mary's Song Newsletter Winter 2016-17

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I t ’ sbe e nanamaz i ng2016!

Mo s t p e o p l et h a t h a v ed o n ea n y t h i n gi nt h i swo r l dc a mef r o mj u s t a“ l i t t l es u c k l e r ” .Sp u r g e o n e v e nc o mp a r e so u rCh r i s t i a n i t ya sawe el i t t l es h o o twh e nh ep r e a c h e st h i sme s s a g e ; “ Ch r i s t i a n i t yi no u ro wnh e a r t s —t h eCh r i s twi t h i nu s —i sa l s oa“ t e n d e rp l a n t . ”I ni t s s p r i n g i n gu pi ti sa st h eg r e e nb l a d eo fc o r nwh i c ha n yb e a s tt h a tg o e sb yma yt r e a du p o no r d e v o u r .Of t e n t i me s ,t oo u ra p p r e h e n s i o ni th a ss e e me dt h a to u rs p i r i t u a ll i f ewo u l ds o o nd i e ; i t wa sn ob e t t e rt h a nal i l ywi t has t a l kb r u i s e d , a n da l l b u t s n a p p e di nt wo ; t h emo we r ’ ss c y t h e o ft e mp t a t i o nh a sc u td o wnt h eo u t g r o wt ho fo u rs p i r i t u a ll i f e ,b u t ,b l e s s e db eGo d ,Hewh o c o me sd o wnl i k er a i nu p o nt h emo wng r a s sh a sr e s t o r e do u rv e r d u r e , a n dma i n t a i n e do u rv i g o r t ot h i sd a y !Te n d e ra so u rr e l i g i o ni s , i ti sb e y o n dt h ep o we ro fSa t a nt od e s t r o yi t ;we a ka swe a r e ,weh a v en o tu t t e r l yf a l l e n ,n o rs h a l lwe ,f o rt h ef e e b l es h a l lb ev i c t o r i o u s ,a n dt h e“ La me s h a l lt a k et h el e a d . " Ne v e ru n d e r e s t i ma t et h ep o we ro ft h ec r o s s . Th eb i r t ho fCh r i s tp a i n t sab e a u t i f u lp i c t u r eo fa t e n d e rs p r o u ts h o o t i n gu pt ot a k eo v e rt h eh e a r t so fme n . I nt h et h i r dg r a d ea taCh r i s t ma sg i f t e x c h a n g ei ns c h o o l , as t u d e n t g a v eme“ Th er e l i g i o u sCh r i s t ma s ”b o o k . Ev e r yy e a rIwo u l da s awe el i t t l es t u mpr e a do v e rt h es t o r i e so fCh r i s t ma swi t hi t sb e a u t i f u l p a i n t i n g sa n dCh r i s t ma s s o n g s .I fy o ut o l d me b a c kt h e n wh a tIwo u l db ed o i n gt o d a yt h e r e wo u l db en o c o mp r e h e n s i o no fi t i nmymi n d . “ Th e r ewi l l g r o was h o o t f r o mt h er o o t o fJ e s s e ” . Go dma k e s t h eo r d i n a r y -u n o r d i n a r y .Hev i s i t sc h i l d r e na n da d u l t swo r l d wi d eb r i n g i n gh o p ef o rt h e h o p e l e s s .Do e sCh r i s ts e ey o us i c kt h i sAd v e n ts e a s o n ?Hec a nt o u c ht h eh e a t e db r o w.Do e s l a c kd r e s sy o u rt a b l et h i sy e a r ?Hec a nb r i n gc h e e r . Wh e r et h e r ewa so n c eas t u mp , Ch r i s tc a nb r i n gn e wl i f e !I ti swh a th ed o e sb e s t ! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FORYOUR GENEROUSSUPPORTAND PRAYERS! Ev e r y d a yi sami r a c l ea tMARYSONG. Re c e n t l y , weh a ds i xg i r l sg r a d u a t e , o n ef i n i s hGED, a n df o u rb a b i e sb o r n ! Wea r es ot h a n k f u l !

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