For Those Who are Struggling to Find Joy this Christmas

I doubt that God shouted to His bond-servant, “C’mon Mary, suck it up sister. You’re swollen with the Savior yet there’s no time to complain about your pain.”

God was with her as she labored. He did not love her less in her messy state.

The Good News should cause us to rise up and celebrate but that does not mean we have to be super-human or deceitful, pretending that nothing discourages or disappoints us.

The super-human Savior, both God and man, came to us in our struggling state and loved us so much that He took on more pain that we will ever experience.

So, here’s how God sees and approaches you…