Merry! Merry!
We write to you with warm Christmas greetings and holiday
cheer! It’s hard to believe Christmas is
just a few short days away! Fall morphed
into winter with such anonymity, and now here we are, packing our bags for
holiday travel. We are thrilled to be
traveling home and look forward to spending time with our friends and
family. My mom told me this morning that
Omaha is a Winter Wonderland. We’re
eagerly anticipating the soft falling snow, a crackling fire, steaming hot
cocoa and festive celebration!
The next few days will be filled with welcomed chaos—crowded
airports, last minute shopping, reunions with family and friends. In the midst of the hustle and bustle, our
prayer is that the true gift of the season will be ever present on our
hearts. This year has taught us so many
things. Living in Kingston has opened our
eyes to pain, poverty and struggle like never before. We’re seeing firsthand how hard life is for
so many, and how broken this world seems.
(Sadly, you don’t even have to live in Kingston to experience this sort
of paradigm shift. Our eyes have been
glued to the coverage in Newtown this week, and the pain is too great to begin to
understand.)
The amazing thing about Christmas is for one brief moment,
our eyes turn from the pain and look to the hope of Jesus Christ. It should be like this year round, but our vision
gets muddled—by life, by loss and by evil we don’t understand. This week, we’ve been thanking God for the
gift of His Son. This gift brings hope
to weary souls, comfort to broken hearts and good out of even the worst atrocities.
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so
that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
Romans 15:13
Wishing you a wonderful Christmas, full of hope abounding!
With Love,
Kevin & Cass
