Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...wherever in the world you live! I hear you're a chocoholic too - I won't tell a soul! Chocolate is good for the body - and God's Word is good for the soul: "O taste and see that the Lord is good...(Psalm 34:8 KJV)." So please join me for a few moments of fun, food and inspiration - it's all calorie-free (believe that and I'll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge) and might even make your day!

Bible Byte 'n Chocolate Chew for Today

"Lessons Learned from a Tilted Tree!"

Daily Manna's Bible reading: Ephesians 5:15-20 (NIV)

Now this is a wild one--but I just KNEW as I sat in my living room and evaluated the back-breaking work of decoration I'd just completed, that there WAS a problem AND a potential devotional somewhere in it all......I have a TILTED Christmas tree.......if it were OLD, I might blame it on a back-breaking syndrome I've discovered as I - and the rest of you (!!) - age and deal with bad backs of our own!!

But NO - it's off to Trees Anonymous, where I will see that the funny Tilted tree will finally confess, "My name is Titled Tree and I need help!" Hopefully, graduate students in either math or chemistry will also have the commense sense, when they return home for Christmas, to apply duct tape or SOMETHING in all the right places and Mom's tree will learn its lesson and eventually stand TALL!

Reminds me of advice given me several years ago as I faced unwanted, unChristian, and evil visitors in my Christian chat room. "Stand tall in the face of evil," my friend advised this distressed webmaster. That good advice worked - and still works - for me and for you!

Evil abounds in our society; our secular world hates Christianity, Christmas and all it stands for, except for the cash register ring (!!) - and we, as Christian believers must stand tall - for ourselves and our families - for moral values and decency - for righteousness and Christian living learned from His Word.

Your tree, like mine, may be tilted, but we will not bend. The King has come - He reigns and we stand - TALL - in the face of all that opposes Him and His eternal world.......and that's a lesson learned from the tilted, talking tree for this day. Believe it and have a choco-rich, standing-tall day wherever in the world you live!

Christmas link: A Devo-a-Day for December!

"The Little Crooked Christmas Tree"

"Reflections on Our Christmas Tree" by William M. Cwirla . . . "The Year the Christmas Tree Would Not Stand"

Charlie Brown Tree . . . "A Charlie Brown Christmas" . . . Charlie Brown Christmas Tree - YouTube
"The Christmas Classic that Almost Wasn't" - USA Today

Christmas trees around the world
Lighting the Whole Room
National Christmas Tree photos . . . Christmas Festival of the Trees 2007

--Copyright 2008 by Peggie Bohanon, Springfield, MO.

--Bible readings: Courtesy of "Daily Manna," International Bible Society
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Humor and Inspiration for Your Day - a wonderful Christian site!
Skywriting.net - humor & inspiration . . . Skywriting.net - Christian Cartoons

Once Upon a World
Unique, original audio Bible stories and podcast for children.

Pray daily for our military! View "Remember Me" - YouTube, a patriotic video.

Need Him - a place for people of all ages to find Jesus! . . . Who Is Jesus? - International Bible Society

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Chocolate-Related Devotionals by Peggie!

Chocolate De-Light! . . . The Rat, the Cat--and the Chocolate!

Confessions of a Chocoholic--by Peggie!

So Where's the Fudge? . . . Where's the Chocolate!

Other devotionals by Peggie: See The Devotional Buffet.

(With thanks and apologies to my good friend and choco-buddy, Georgia,
from whom I crooked some of these wonderful graphics, courtesy of Cute Colors Graphics. Thanks!)

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