You're Not Alone on Christmas

I love the holidays but I am more aware than ever of all that come along with them.

As I have the privilege of doing life with so many who I have met here at Fellowship, I also have an ear to what people have to deal with come each holiday season. So many of you reading this have had such difficult losses - spouses, parents, even children. I cannot fathom what it feels like for some of you. I think of those who have dealt with divorce or family that has moved away. For many, this is a new holiday with a new set of people or maybe sadly, no one to share it with.

We need only to see your Thanksgiving pictures through the years to see who was with you and who is now with you. I know ours looks very different through the years - from losing my parents, to getting married, to having children.

Today and this holiday season, I’m praying for you - those of you that feel that loneliness, sadness and even helplessness. If you’d like me to pray for you more specifically, you can leave a request HERE. I’m praying for you be intentional in being with people (it’s why having a church family is so important). I pray you feel God more than you ever have before. I pray that you understand that having Him really is everything.

I see so many who do not have Christ but have everything else and they seem even more down - an even more sense of hopelessness they can’t explain.

Don’t surrender to the sadness. Yes, it’s certainly ok to grieve but…..Be with people. Be even more with God. Know He is holding you and if you give Him the opportunity and allow Him, He will get you through. Not just going through the motions, celebrating the reason for this season - our Savior, our everything, our Jesus.

What a gift we have in Him!