Weekly e-news December 20, 2019

Merry Day-before-the-day-before-the-day-before-the-day-before-the-night-before-Christmas, everyone!! 

It’s gonna be a beautiful Christmas! 

Tho’ there’s not going to be snow this year!  

Sorry. 

In the song about “…dreaming of a white Christmas”, Bing shares the wish at the end that “…all your Christmases be white”. 

Since 1884, we’ve only had twelve white Christmases in East Tennessee…

and that even includes 1989 when we got 0.1 inch!

And this year ain’t gonna be one of ‘em!

"High will be 63 and sunny for your Christmas Day…"

So…if that’s your song…

dream on! 

Sometimes on Christmas, hearts wake up with huge expectations and go to bed with Christmas disappointments… 

Remember not getting what you asked for?  

Remember getting a gift you didn’t ask for? 

Remember the puppy you asked for but didn’t get? 

Remember getting the water-pik dental hygene system you didn’t ask for?

Remember the Warren Commission Report on the assassination of JFK you got when you were ten? (What ten year old wouldn’t want that?!) 

Remember when Calvin sent in boxtops from his cereal Chocolate-Coated Sugar Bombs, waited six weeks for a beanie with a propeller on it and it wouldn’t fly? 

At all! 

Not even an inch off the ground! 

Remember when you prayed for snow at Christmas? 

Remember when you prayed everyone at home would get along from now on? 

Remember when a young mom was going to be the mother of the Messiah and no one would believe her? 

Or help her? 

Maybe you won’t get what you wanted at Christmas. 

Or maybe what you wanted won’t be what you hoped it would be. 

But unto us is born in the city of David, a Savior Who is Christ the Lord!! 

He knows why it’s not going to snow on Wednesday when we wanted snow…

and why His way’s best! 

He knows that sometimes things we wish for at Christmas…

or any other day…

aren’t best for us…

or even good for us…

or what we really need right now…

or ever. 

He knows that He always knows and cares and gives us what is best when we need it… 

And one day, we’ll have all we could ever dream of! 

And things so wonderful, we could never imagine them! 

Having Him, we always have hope!  

Having hope, you always have enough! 

Hope is the most wonderful gift of all!

And as the Day approaches, I just want to say how thankful to God we are for you!!

What a gift!!