There is no difficulty in coming up with a Good News post this week. It helps that it is Christmas but it is more than that.
This past year has been a difficult one for our family. There has been a lot of loss and we were anticipating a very challenging Christmas.
Of course there was still a lot of emotion, as there is for many families at Christmas, but it was far better than we could have imagined.
Amanda’s mother came for a visit and that was good as the death of Amanda’s father was a terrible loss for our family. Then we had a very nice Christmas Eve service at Brookfield Baptist Church. Finally on Christmas Day, we had one of our best days with our three youngest children, which also included meeting our son’s girlfriend.
It was a wonderful day of enjoying family. We sometimes use the word ‘bless’ in a very loose way that loses all meaning. But today I felt incredibly blessed. I am thankful for the way God has been present with us even in the most difficult times.
