“Anticipation lifts the heart”.
Luci Shaw, God with Us: Rediscovering the Meaning of Christmas
Perhaps our weary hearts need that reminder of what it feels like to be a kid on Christmas morning, eager to open gifts hiding under bows and pretty paper.
In the places where joy feels illusive, hidden by shadow and beaten down by the circumstances of this year, may you rest in Christ and know you are held.
May you know hope deep in the grief-stricken places as you anticipate the celebration of His coming.
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