Hanukkah

Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah (for those who want to know a little about it go to http://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/102911/jewish/Chanukah-in-a-Nutshell.htm or http://www.aish.com/h/c/ht/48969531.html), the Festival of Lights, the celebration of the victory of the Maccabees and the re-dedication of the Temple. But once you get past the latkes, the sufganiyot (both of which are making me hungry right now), the dreidels and the menorah, is something that was mentioned in my friend Chad Elliott's blog http://networkedblogs.com/bfPDi and that is about the power of the Lord....in remaining faithful to His promises and bringing light into darkness.....

In my case, bringing light into darkness was how he brought me though the times of my burst appendix and the recovery, first of all saving me from what was almost certain death (you have to remember that the night my appendix burst seven doctors told my parents that I was dying), and then during the time of recovery having His presence there (through His word, the fellowship of other believers etc....) and into healing for which I am very grateful for....

And in remaining faithful to His promises, a thought I want to leave with you...that without Hanukkah, there would be no Christmas....because the promise of God was to bring a deliverer through the line of Abraham and David, and had the Hellenists succeeded in their task, there would have been no Savior and no deliverance for our sins....so actually in a sense we as believers should celebrate this time as well because we see the faithfulness of God in preserving His people and through preserving His people, salvation was brought to you and me.