Greetings, 

It is hard to believe that Christmas is here and the end of 2018 is just around the corner. What a wonderful time it is to celebrate with the ones we love. Whether yule tide carols are being sung around the fire or folks are dressed up like Eskimos, my sincere hope is that your hearts are warm with joy and that you know that you are loved this Christmas. 

Christmas brings back all the nostalgia of being a kid, finding it hard to sleep on Christmas eve night. I remember having an expectant hope that there would be new toys under the tree and that joy of seeing my cousins and aunts and uncles sharing in a great meal and laughing among the Christmas decor and traditions. The nostalgia remains even when families become distant and traditions are lost and people that we love pass away. It becomes the next generation's responsibility to carry on family traditions and create new ones, the memories remain as new memories are being made. We were created for relationship and ever deepening relationship. Our relationship with God should not be stagnant and our relationships with family and friends should deepen as well as time goes by. 

This Christmas may your heart be merry and bright. If you find yourself alone this Christmas, reach out to family and friends. Make a good effort at building relationships and traditions that center around Jesus and remember that you are very loved this Christmas! 

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men upon whom God’s favor rests! He has given to each of us, this day in the city of David a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and placed in a manger. He will be called Emanuel (God with us) and the burden of our sins will be on his shoulders and he will be the savior of the world. 

What a glorious gift, so great that it should give us hope, joy, peace and love this Christmas. May you have a beautiful Christmas this year!

Love ya, 

Chris