One behalf of everyone here at your favorite wooly spot, we want to send out a special Christmas greeting. I want to tell you all how much we appreciate you and your support throughout the year.
I don’t know how many of you struggle with the holiday in some way. I know I had a harder time getting into the Christmas spirit this year for some reason. I blamed it on the snow- or lack there of; the absence of cookie baking (though my waistline appreciated it!) and other things. But a few days I got a realization of what Christmas was all about.
I had a prayer for a specific miracle this holiday season. And over the last few days, we have seen that prayer be answered in an amazing way. We received a blessing- something we needed and couldn’t possibly come up with on our own. We didn’t deserve it; it was a gift provided in the last moment and in the fullest way imaginable.
It was then that I realized that is the heart of what Christmas is about. It’s about the blessing we didn’t deserve; the gift we could never afford. It was about the most generous thing we could ever receive and God wrapped it in the simplest manger, for the shepherds to discover. It was the gift of grace in the form of a tiny baby boy. He would grow up to share the truth of God’s heart with us and would die a cruel death to bring us back to God. It’s something we can never get ourselves- it is a priceless gift that is so precious it cost God everything. And it was so important to Him that we were thought of as He planned having that little baby born in Bethlehem!
So our cares this Christmas are just as important. I know we all have a lot of prayers, wishes and hopes. Somethings answers we see, other we don’t and will only know on the other side of heaven. But this one thing I do know. God is listening. Christmas made sure of that, when He brought heaven and earth together on that silent, holy night.
I wish you a wonderful holiday and hope for the year to come. It has been a blessing to serve you in 2011 and look forward to an exciting, joyous 2012!
Sincerely,
Natasha
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