Tornadoes, Wildfires, & Christmas Music

Tennessee has been having a lot of fires (with some storms this week), and some other southern states (Alabama and Georgia) also were affected by recent storms this week.

A club was recorded singing at a Georgia high school while they were taking shelter (this video was published on November 30th).
They showed a clip of it on TV, and I wanted to share it with you!
Music is a blessing from God, and it's always good when the lyrics honor the God who gave us the ability to sing!
I don't know whether these people are actually Christians or not, but I would love it if they are!

 

Christians, please continue to pray for people in Tennessee. 
Many in the tourist town of Gatlinburg (which is right at the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park) have lost businesses and homes.
VIDEO 
 At least 14 people have died related this fire which it seems was intentionally set by 2 juveniles.
So much has been donated for the people of Gatlinburg, that they don't have enough room for it all at this point!
They are still taking money though.
Like with the flooding in other parts of the U.S., we know that recovery takes a lot longer than a couple of days

Mary Did You Know - Cover By Hannah Coulombe

Thanksgiving Day has passed, but I still have much to be thankful for.
Although Christmas originally was meant to be a replacement for a pagan holiday, I still find it to be a great way to remember God's coming to earth in the form of a man.  I know He was 100% God and 100% man, and it's an amazing thing to think about.

I know that Jesus came to live the perfect life and die for the sins of all who would repent and put their trust in Him, and that He rose from the dead (which without that I would have no hope).   Not only that, I know that He fulfilled all of the prophecy that was given regarding the Messiah in the Old Testament.  Isaiah 53 is one of the passages that can be really amazingly clear for me to see that. 

The video I'm sharing today contemplates whether Mary understood all that Jesus would do and that He would be her Savior as well.  Well, we know that she did not fully understand everything or know all that Jesus would do, but she did know that she was a bondslave (Luke 1:48) and that she needed a Savior.

And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. Luke 1:47

I shared another video with Hannah Coulombe in the past, and I thought you might enjoy hearing her cover of this song.  The words are by Mark Lowry and the music by Buddy Greene.