What a Christmas!

My Christmas weekend was a blast! On Christmas eve, my wife and I had dinner with a family from church.. and then attended Christmas eve service at church. On Christmas day itself, we celebrated Christmas with two different families and their kids... and had a ton of meaningful time fellowshipping with them.

We're blessed to have such great friends who seek to honor and glorify God with their lives, and who are just so genuinely kind and nice. They're such a great example to us.. as believers, as married couples, and as parents. It is such a breath of fresh air to know and to see with my own eyes that there is hope in life, marriage, and parenting -- and learning that this kind of growth and fruit will only come by holding on to Christ and living out a gospel-centered life.

What a great way to celebrate the birth and life of Christ with people who seek to follow Christ in every area of their lives.

Next to spending Christmas with real family back home, this is without a doubt the best way to celebrate Christmas. Lord, thank you!