Maybe there is going to be someone missing at the table. Or you'll have an encounter with a relative who will rub you the wrong way. Or perhaps yourself or someone you love is ill and the outlook is bleak.
Some will let this stop their celebration of Christmas in its track. But Christmas isn't about perfect circumstances. If it was the Son of God would have been born in a palace with a royal audience, not in a stable with no one to usher Him in but animals and teenage parents.
Christmas is about the light of the world entering our darkness and changing everything. Bridging the gap once and for all between God and humanity and providing peace, strength and guidance for our journeys on this earth.
I pray this Christmas that will be the focus of your celebration: Jesus, who is God with us. May His joy fill your heart even where happiness is absent. May His peace calm your soul even where there is chaos. And may His love be evident to you always. Merry Christmas!
"For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."
Isaiah 9:6
"For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."
Isaiah 9:6