Holy Adornments

 

Canadian Thanksgiving is usually celebrated the second Monday of October, having been celebrated on and off since 1578 in Newfoundland, according to Google.  Of course, as far back as I can recall it has been a yearly constant.  The Americans have steadily celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November since 1941.  However, the Plymouth colonists along with the Wampanoag began to give thanks for their harvests in 1621.  Many countries have their own respective day to give thanksgiving, too.

It is good and right to give thanks to our God and Heavenly Father for all His provision and providence in our lives.  He is good and His love endures forever (Psalm 136).

Reading Psalm 93:5,

"Your statutes stand firm; holiness adorns Your house for endless days, O LORD,"

reminded me of these Thanksgivings just passed and the Christmas celebration almost upon us - less than a month away.  For most celebrations, people love to decorate accordingly and I thought of all the homes decked out with lights, trees with lights, tinsel and ornaments.  I have to admit, there are quite some beautiful adronments indeed.  But then some people go and sing that idolatrous song of worship to their Christmas trees (Oh, Christmas tree, how lovely are thy branches, and so on).

Forget about that though...did you catch that the Lord adorns His house?  He adorns His house with holiness.  It must be absolutely amazing - and sacred.  Awesome!  We need to bow to Him.

In this we can let go and robustly sing all the praise and worship songs we want, to Him.  May such adornments inspire and convict us to adorn ourselves, the temple of the Holy Spirit, with holiness as well.

Then we can truly celebrate and give thanks to our God through our Savior Jesus Christ.  Let us be holy as He is holy (Leviticus 19-20 and 1 Peter 1:16).

                                                       ~ERC  November 2022~

Based on Psalm 93:5 NIV

Sing, All Our Praise and Worship, along with Pelita Creatives.  Note, this song begins and ends in English but has the Malaysian Language tucked inbetween so don't get too surprized.  😃