I spent today with three families at two different hospitals. Facing the unknown, the unexplained and the unexpected is never easy for anyone. However, I have to admit that I asked "WHY" did these families have to face these chapters during the Christmas Season.
The answer is simply - this is what Christmas is all about.
Christmas is not about shiny packages and tinsel and nostalgic warm and fuzzy feelings.
Since that first night so long ago when Grace and Mercy came into our world through the backdoor of a stable -- Christmas has always been about bringing peace into confusion, hope into chaos, love into despair, light into darkness, and His presence into our present.
If Christmas doesn't work in the face of the unknown, the unexplained and the unexpected, Christmas doesn't work. But the good news is that because God became Emmanuel, Christmas does work. Christmas means that God is on location, God is WITH US right now, right where we are -- in the big middle of whatever we may be going through.
Merry Christmas.
Today, Father, I thank You that when I don't have answers to the questions overwhelming the hearts and minds of those around me - I thank you that I have YOU. That You are the only answer we need.
Thank You for coming to be WITH US.
Amen!
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