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It’s the holidays but for many there is little joy this Christmas season. In my relatively small circle of acquaintances a young mother is spending Christmas alone with her two children because her husband divorced her after becoming involved with another woman. Another family was forced into bankruptcy when their business failed. A grieving widow faces the holidays alone having lost her husband to the ravages of cancer. For them it is always winter but never Christmas!
“For when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn—conflicts on the outside, fears within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us.”
— 2 Corinthians 7:5-6 (NIV)
Lord Jesus, comfort those who are harassed at every turn. In Your holy name we pray. Amen.