Simple Delights: Turtledoves ... Two of 'em =)

Ponderings that Inspire

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C.S. Lewis

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." ~ Winston Churchill

"A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read." ~ Mark Twain

“It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.” ~Charles Dickens

"Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum." ~P.G.Wodehouse

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Turtledoves ... Two of 'em =)

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me two turtledoves.

"For hundreds of years, Jewish families used turtledoves as offerings to God. The gift of two turtledoves is a reminder of the sacrifice offered for Jesus by Mary and Joseph. When Jesus was forty days old, they took him to the temple in Jerusalem. They brought a sacrifice of two turtledoves as was required by the law.

Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord ... and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: 'a pair of doves or two young pigeons.' ~ Luke 2:22, 24