Buckhorn News
By ETHEL SKIPPER
As believers in Christ, we must be united and determined in our witness that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God and the savior of sinners. We who are believers in Christ are witnesses of who He is and what He has done.
Unlike the first witnesses of Christ, we have not seen the incarnate Son of God. It is important that our faith in Him be firmly built on the witness of God’s word about who He is. Isaiah 9:6: “Unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
The Savior’s coming foretold is observed by most Christians. The word “advent” simply means the coming. This advent refers to the coming of the birth of the son of God, the baby Jesus, observed by most Christians. The prophets foretold of the coming of the messiah.
This season of the year brings a blessed spirit into our lives. Many of our family and loved ones. We were reading in the Wakulla Sun about the passing of former county judge Mike Carter, who was a friend of my partners John and Charlotte Rosier – and that made him our family friend. It takes me back to 1987 when we founded the church on Surf Road. Judge Carter suggested the name be Skipper Temple Community Church. In 1982, when our partners celebrated the 50th wedding anniversary at Wakulla Springs Lodge, he blessed our family.
To the Carter family – you have our love and blessing.
Our prayers and concern goes out to all the sick and shut-in, those in hospitals, nursing homes, prison, the homeless – all in need of help everywhere.