To My Hebraic Musing Friends
From Joe
(& Irene) Brusherd December 2021
The
celebration of the birth of our Savior & Lord, Jesus Christ, takes on more
significance as the beginnings of persecution are being felt this side of the
pond, thus, all the more reason that …
We wish you a very Merry Christmas
and many Blessings in the New and Better 2022 Year ahead!
The
traditional greeting to all y’all takes on even more significance than ever
before in our lifetime!
Wishing our friends,
and their families, a “Happy New Year” takes faith because our world seems to
be changing. But Our Lord is still on
the throne. As a friend said recently “Christian,
what do you have to be afraid of?”
Let us hope, trust & pray that the “worldly” events draw us all closer
than ever to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
On
October 13th we celebrated nine years of marriage. Irene’s “Glass Orchids” jewelry has expanded
into other flowers and helping our Daughter Beth with bug preservations
in poly-resin. She’s also involved in Immanuel Baptist Church’s Women’s Prayer Group. Irene frequently comments about how
the Brusherd family has adopted her, when actually she’s the one who adopted
them. One day Joe went alone to spend
time with the GG’kids at John & Joy’s. Their #2 Arabelle gave him real hugs &
kisses and then Arabelle backed up a step and said angrily “Where’s
Grandma Irene?” It was
cute!
Every
week for 12 years now the Holy Spirit has provided Joe with Weekly
“Hebraic Musings.” Because of the times
we are in, some issues have pointed out OT messages with applications to our
world’s current affairs; thus some of the “Musings” have not been “Amusing”. The Men’s Bible Study and the Saturday
Breakfasts are Joe’s bi-weekly accountability sessions. We still reflect on Pastor Mario’s
statement “It’s about winning souls
for Christ; it’s not about winning arguments!”
In our frequent meals out, our favorite habit is to have our
servers join us in prayer. They always ask, “Is there anything else I can do for you?”
and we say, “Yes, join us in prayer.”
Most often they do; and wonderful relationships develop, and on occasion
there are salvation prayers and accepted invites to church!!! We’ve
also thanked them for their good service and ask, “I want to tell your boss.
Who’s your boss?” And they give a
name or point. Then we point up and ask,
“Isn’t Jesus your boss?” That opens doors!
Our travel bucket list has not changed much from last year due to all the
uncertainties in 2021:
· Chicago area – Irene’s
cousins; Joe’s family and many many more friends in the Chicago area.
·
Tucson
– Granddaughter Julie and Irene’s GreatGranSon Darrel Mark
and Randy & Jackie Rice.
·
California
– Friends at Calvary Lighthouse in Escondido; Josiah & Briana; and
more out West.
·
East
Coast – Families of Joel & Liz & Caitlyn, Andrew & Jackson in VA &
Jonathan
& Courtney & Asana in NC
·
And
we have friends all across the states and the globe we’d love to see.
We are really getting tired of being home-bound, that’s not normal
for us seasoned travelers. Please pray
for our severe cases of Wander-lust, Stir-craziness and Cabin-fever!!!
Meanwhile, why are we so blessed?
With their spouses & our Grand
& our GreatGrand children,
our immediate family has grown again to
a total of 47!
(7
Children + their 5 Spouses + 22 Grandchildren + 11 GREATGrandChildren +
Ourselves)
Why is Christmas the most important celebration of
all?
But when the
time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman,
born under law, to redeem those under
law,
that we might receive the full
rights of sons.
Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts,
the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,
Father.” Galatians
4:4-6 NIV
Irene & Joe
Brusherd
710 Summit Loop, Rogers, AR 72756
479-644-5262
Brusherd@cox.net
479-531-6081
GlassOrchids@cox.net
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