Light in the Darkness

Left to itself, this old sinful world is a dark place, sometimes feeling darker than others, like the days since the shooting in Tucson. But we are not left without hope: the Bible promises that Christ Jesus will come again and redeem and restore His creation. The question is, what should we do now? Diana Smith offers some practical suggestions in her Monday, January 17th post "Is that All There Is?"

Randomness

Happy New Year! I don't know about you, but I suffer from a fair amount of randomness. Thoughts ping-pong around in my mind, constantly going back and forth from things I should do, have done, want to do, don't want to do, find interesting, etc. It's terribly distracting. As a remedy, I think I will share some of that randomness with you. Life's variety is what makes it interesting, they say. Subsequently, here's a bit of randomness to season your day:

January's full moon is known as the "Wolf Moon." FarmersAlmanac.com explains that names for the full moons come from the Indian tribes of the Northern and Eastern United States. The website says, "Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the name for January’s full Moon. Sometimes it was also referred to as the Old Moon, or the Moon After Yule. Some called it the Full Snow Moon, but most tribes applied that name to the next Moon."

Happy Thursday!