Yes, I've decided to hold onto hope this year. Everyone around me may try to take that away from me, but I'm not going to let them do that. Instead I'll look at the positives of what's currently happening. I know God's timing is perfect even when it seems as if everything that can go wrong does. We all learned from the time we were young not to give in to despair, but instead embrace hope in whatever form it takes. At this time of year that hope usually takes the form of a baby. When you reflect on the innocence of a tiny baby and marvel at its tiny hands and feet, you find hope. That tiny person holds hope in his or her tiny fist.
I watch my niece Aubrey as she explores her new world. Her bright inquisitive eyes study her surroundings. What will the future hold for her? The doomsayers tell us that she has no future. I don't believe that. I believe that God has a special plan for her life.Just as he has for everyone of us.
The Lord strengthens me through the Christmas season as we remember the lost ones who bring nothing but joy and peace. The Lord motivates me and encourages me in times of need. He brings me and my family hope for the future.
How do we hold on to the hope of Christmas when it seems like there is no Christmas? We hold on because God sent his son to die for our sins...thereby giving us hope for eternal life. We hold on because our focus isn't on ourselves anymore but on others. Yes it is a dark world and a lot of ugly things happen. Yet there is light and it's brighter than the sun. We can remember the Christ at Christmas time because things can get ugly fast if we don't remember.
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