December 24th, 2007 by Walt
As an almost too late post, I wish everybody a very merry Christmas. This Christmas season really snuck up on me this year!!
Please remember the real Reason for this season is not stores finally making a profit for the year, but our Saviour’s birth. If it were not for Him, there would be no Christmas season, much less Salvation. We all stumble and fall way short, but He gives us hope if we only believe in Him and let him lead our loves
Those who have not experienced His love, cannot appreciate what this season really means.
Let us also look at His death and resurrection, too, as it ties in directly with his birth. If it were not for Him dying on the cross and rising from death on that third morning, the birth we celebrate on Christmas day would be meaningless.
There is a lot more to this time of year than we normally think there is.
Merry Christmas for the real meaning of this season!!
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June 16th, 2007 by Walt
I knew of her passing shortly after she died, but have not been able to put the words together until now (maybe not even now).
She was born to Presbyterian medical missionaries while on mission at a Presbyterian hospital north of Shanghai China. She knew nothing except for Christian mission work, and had planned to become a missionary herself. That is until she met Billy Graham, a student at Wheaton University. Even though Billy was studying to become a Baptist minister, she refused baptism by immersion, and remained Presbyterian.
Ruth was strong willed, and would not waver a bit from her interpretations of God’s Word. Billy often stated that she was the best Christian he ever knew. She helped him with his sermons, often giving advice on how to improve them. She was also his advisor for many things, including seemingly good (even supposedly God-oriented) plans that would have netted them quite a bit of money, but she could see through the worldly intentions, and fortunately he listened to her wisdom.
In a day and age of so-called “Christian” evangelists, both Billy and Ruth stuck to their roots. Nothing fancy went on, she was married in a homemade wedding gown, and made most of her clothes, and she and Billy lived in a log cabin built from used logs from cabins torn down. Finally, she and Billy built their own house.
Their influence on all five children is obvious, as well as that influence carrying down to their grandchildren.
While I am thankful for having known of her (and his) true Christian lifestyles, I am sorry for not having met her in person, but know that that will be rectified at some point in the future in Heaven.
Here is a link to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. There is also a memorial for Ruth Graham on the site.
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