When Thanksgiving is celebrated with plumbers, city trucks, and furnace experts - I know you're sooo jealous - it's sweet to remember that Jesus has provided everything that I need. Maybe I'm not sleeping bc the heat is going out at 430am, but He provides. Maybe our toilet is backed up because of the city's plumbing issues, but He provides.
And as I put up a fir tree, decorate with lights, hang words of "joy" on my door, and begin to wrap presents - I can remember that this is all due to the HOPE of the season, the HOPE of Eternal Life with Jesus, the HOPE that one day He will come, and HOPE that Immanuel ("God with us") is already with me every day in every moment.
