November 28
Read Genesis 8:13 – 22 and 9:8 – 17
Read Genesis 8:13 – 22 and 9:8 – 17
God’s promise, published in the rainbow, still gives us each pause whenever we see a rainbow. We stop, marvel at its beauty, point it out to others, and think of that ‘pot of gold.’ God promised never again to destroy the whole earth by flood because of the sinfulness of human kind. We did nothing to deserve this promise, and, as a species have done much to deserve annihilation. Our God is a gracious god, a faithful god, and a mighty god. His promises are sure. The ‘pot of gold’ is salvation.
A new hymn, ‘Waters of Grace’, presents a meditation on the rainbow. The tune ‘Dunstan’ can be found in TLH, 390; LW, 356; LSB, 356. To sing, modify Dunstan by changing the half note in the 3rd measure into 2 quarter notes.
Look to the sun, thru’ waters of grace,
See the Lord’s pledge to the whole race,
In vivid hues for me, for you,
His Word, His Peace is true.
Look to the Son, thru’ waters of grace,
Salvation’s paid for the whole race.
Life is renewed, for me, for you.
His Word, His Peace is true.
God looks at you thru’ waters of grace
And then prepares a heav’nly place
For Christ’s own blood has ransomed you.
His word, His Peace is true.
Look to the world thru’ waters of grace
Your neighbor see in ev’ry face
Let God’s love shine to all thru’ you,
His Word, His Peace is true.
For the Family:
The symbol for this promise arches a rainbow over a cross and manger, reminding us that God’s promise of grace is good and his peace is true. On a rectangle, place a simple drawing of a manger in the lower right hand corner. Place a cross in the center of the rectangle. Arch a rainbow from the lower left hand corner, up and over the cross, and down to the right hand margin, just above the manger. Hang this ornament on your Tree of Promise and give thanks to God for grace both promised and given.
If you have young children let them see how sunlight thru a prism or crystal makes a rainbow. They might like to color rainbows and hang them on the tree.
These cookies are not colored like rainbows, but they are rainbow shaped. I think they are wonderful. They taste a lot like Mexican Wedding Cookies. You could also make them with pecans.
Covenant Promise-
Genesis 9:8-17
Bible Journaling
Connie Denninger
From the Kitchen:
Almond Crescents
Dora Pfitzer Meyermann- Mother of Natalie Hartwig
1 C butter 2 tsp Vanilla
¼ C conf. sugar 1 TBS water
1 C ground almonds 2 C flour
- Mix ingredients and shape into crescents.
- Bake at 300 for 20 minutes
Dust with confectioner’s sugar while warm.
These cookies were part of my mom’s annual “must make” list. Although the recipe looks easy, in the days before you could easily buy blanched almonds they were a lot of work. The almonds had to be shelled and then slipped. To slip almonds you par boiled them and then, while they were still pretty hot to handle, you slipped the brown skin off of the nut. Then the almonds had to cool before you ground them. No one liked that part of the work.
The powdered sugar that coated the cookies also made it hard to sneak a cookie. They inevitably left a tell tale trail of crumbs on your hands and shirt. Further, mom always put them in the hardest of her cookie tins to open.
Tree of Promise Devotions
Natalie Grace Hartwig
The full Advent Devotions for Tree of Promise
and symbol pages (Natalie- Symbols)
are in the Files section
of the DC Metro Visual Faith group.
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