Merry Christmas

I'm pretty sure that no one reads this blog anymore because I havent been posting regularly. However, if you happen to be surfing the net and come across this page I want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas. Do you ever really think about what your saying when you say "merry christmas"? I had an encounter with I woman on the phone the other day who told me (yelled at me) that she was contemplating suicide then proceeded to wish me a merry christmas and hang up the phone! Of course, I called the local police and had someone dispatched to her house, but they can't watch her 24/7. This time of the year is especially difficult for a lot of people. Holidays just seem to dredge up a lot of memories of times past. Holiday's spent without loved ones that we were once so close to seems to make it that much more difficult. So this season, if you are without someone who has been close to you, be comforted and know that the God of the universe loves you and cares for your every need. He knows your grief, He has himself descended into grief. Jesus is the "reason for the season" it seems odd that we celebrate the birth of a person that was born for the purpose of dying, and that this celebration would cause others to want to die... Unfortunately, this is the reality and if you're in that place I would not try to beguile you from your grief, but just know that God loves you and that He understands and knows your pain in a more intimate way than you might think!