Glory Awaits!
DECEMBER 2025 NEWSLETTER
Hello Reader,
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are looking forward to Christmas. I have a free download of “A Christmas Poem” as well as links to articles about Christmas. Plus, exciting book news! May the Lord bless you with a heart that grasps the greatness of the gift of his Son.
A Christmas Poem
Here are the first three stanzas of a poem I wrote celebrating Christmas:
Word in beginning, all things through him made;
Word was with God and was God, yet he weighed
Cost of redeeming lost man from the grave:
Word became flesh, so that man he could save.
God sent his angel called Gabriel down
To the young Mary in Nazareth town.
“Greetings,” said he, “highly favored you are!”
Mary then wondered at message from far.
Troubled was she, but he said, “Do not fear,
You have found favor with God—he is near.
You will give birth to a son you will name
Jesus, and great will be he in acclaim."
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Thank You to Doners
A big thank you to our regular doners and those who gave extra last month to help with medical travel expenses. Thank you so much!
After two people messaged me on Facebook as to how they could help, I realized I’ve never mentioned we have a non-profit. If you would like to support our non-profit ministry—Live for Eternity—here are three options:
- Give to Live for Eternity through National Christian Foundation.
- Donate via PayPal here: Live for Eternity.
- Make checks out to “Live for Eternity” and mail them here:
Jean E. Jones
Live for Eternity
PO Box 2852
Mission Viejo, CA 92690
Terrific Reads
Here are books I enjoyed recently. Amazon affiliate links provide me a small commission at no cost to you. (Don’t forget: You can find links to all my 2025 newsletter recommendations here.)
Christian Non-fiction
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All the Genealogies of the Bible: Visual Charts and Exegetical Commentary
Nancy S. Dawson, Eugene H. Merrill, Andreas J. Kostenberger
This giant book is wonderful. I ordered it as soon as I read about it. It contains over 340 genealogies in chronological order. It’s a great reference work and is particularly helpful in determining whether people with similar names are the same person. But I confess it’s also good for reading just before bedtime (I’m up to King David). Amazon is selling the hard-bound book for half price during Cyber Monday.
Affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4p6K7XM
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Fiction
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Anne of Green Gables
L. M. Montgomery
Why had I never read this before? I read it during evenings while Clay was in the hospital and absolutely loved this charming coming-of-age classic. A spirited young orphan with a wild imagination and a bit of a temper finds a home with elderly siblings. She learns to pray, study, be patient, and forgive. The illustrated versions would delight a girl age 8 and up. The link below is to the complete 8-book set on Kindle for 99 cents.
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What's New
Book News
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How Does God Use Suffering for Our Good?: Living with Hope While Making Sense of Life reached #8 New Release in Christian Apologetics on Amazon! The better the ranking, the more people to whom Amazon shows the book. So please consider pre-ordering so more who could be helped by the book will see it.
Pre-Order Now
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Personal News
The Lord blessed us greatly last month. Clay had open heart surgery last week. The surgeon successfully fixed the broken heartstrings that operate the mitral valve and repaired a leaky Watchman device to prevent strokes. He also performed a CryoMaze ablation to stop Afib. The last stopped Afib for only a couple days, but it’s possible the Afib will spontaneously stop as his heart heals. Clay is recovering very well and has no pain. So much to be thankful to God for!
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