It's hard to believe that Christmas is on Saturday. This year has certainly flown by. It's hard to believe that we started the year living in Chicago and will end this year in Arizona. It was hard to pack up all our stuff and leave our families and friends behind, but are trusting that this is where God has led us to be. I am grateful to our families and friends for their love and support during this transition. I am also thankful for my faith in God, as it has gotten us through some difficult times recently.
I am grateful for all that Jesus has done for us. He paid the greatest price to give us the ultimate gift, eternal life. Eternal life and the opportunity to be with our loved ones again. Words cannot express how grateful I am to Him for this. So, now when I think of Christmas, I not only think of the Savior's birth, but his life and more importantly his atonement for the world which means that I can be with my loved ones who have gone on to be with the Lord.
This is the knowledge that I find rest in. This is the truth that comforts me. I know the burden of grief and how it can bring us to our knees. It's my prayer that if you are feeling the heartache and loneliness that comes from losing a loved one that you may be able to to feel the gift that our Savior gave us and that is the assurance that life is everlasting. In that we can find peace and comfort.
John 14: 7: Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
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