There’s
a hole in our Christmas… Maybe there’s one in yours too.
We
are missing several key members of our family. Our hearts ache for them a
little more at Christmas time when we are reminded more intensely that they’re
missing.
But
Christmas is worth celebrating. It’s about so much more than being a big happy
family. So we choose to celebrate… and hope… because that is what Christmas is
about.
As
Ann Voscamp says, “His Glory in the Highest always runs down to meet us who are
in our lowest.”
We’ll
rejoice in the anticipation that, because of Christmas, we’ll see those
deceased loved ones again. Because “Christmas is the beginning of the story
where death itself gets killed.” And we’ll hope in the anticipation that the
one who is still living, yet absent, will find his way.
Because
that is what Christmas is all about…
…Joy
… Hope
…Anticipation
That’s
why He came…
…In the midst of a
genocide
…As a
homeless refugee
…Poor and powerless
That’s
how the King of the Universe entered our world.
He
has turned our HOLE into HOPE! So we grieve and believe. We rejoice in hope and
anticipation.
Merry
belated Christmas
and a Hope-filled 2015 to you!
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I would love to hear from you! Let me know what you think and how I can pray for you. Most of us are carrying some pretty heavy baggage and the good news is, you don't have to carry it alone! You can lay it at the feet of Jesus, and sometimes we need help just letting go of our baggage and not picking it up again. We're in this together!