Rejoice

Christmas 1929 S.E.

Philippians 4:4-6New International Version (NIV)

Final Exhortations

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! ⁵ Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. ⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Tinsel Morning

Each tinseled morning

With the untying

Of colorful packages

By time-worn hands

Brings a vivid unfolding

Of remembered days

Children's eager faces

Dolls, skates, scattered papers

Flavors from the oven

Seeping through the house

Choir robes mended

The creche for the pageant. . . .

Reprinted with permission of Vera Heard's children from St. Mark Presbyterian's 1985 Thoughts On Advent

Thanks also to Sally Ebinger for the photo of herself in 1929.