Christmas is all about trust.

Mary trusting God in the face of unimaginable odds. Joseph trusting God in the face of unpalatable facts. The shepherds trusting an angelic choir in the middle of a cold night. And later, the Magi trusting that the star was truly the signal of a royal birth not a figment of their imagination.

The hardships, discomfort, the unknown, unfamiliar, the unusual, and strange were all taken in stride by these individuals because of the trust that underpinned everything they did.
Their trust was in something unshakable. So they greeted the unthinkable with varying degrees of calmness.

As another Christmas goes by, I pray that this trust would grow ever deeper in my own life – undergirding my values, beliefs, thoughts, and emotions. For, as Christmas reveals, responding in trust can only result in unfathomable joy!

 

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