Greetings everyone, and first of all, thank y’all so very much for your thoughts and prayers for my wife Angela’s dad. We pray that within his mind and soul, he will ask the Lord Jesus Christ, whose birth we celebrated yesterday, to come into his heart. We were just overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and well wishes. Sadly his condition continues to deteriorate as he can no longer regulate his body temperature. Again, thanks for your prayers!As you’re reading this, we’re driving back to Dallas from San Antonio, and I pray y’all had a very blessed and Merry Christmas. And just in case you forgot, our hope is not in man, but in the one who came down from Heaven taking up the form of Man in order to take upon Himself our sins. And as long as He lives, we always have hope, and Jesus Christ lives and reigns forevermore.Now, some of you may be reading this as you’re part of that great American after Christmas tradition — returning gifts. I remember as a kid working at the Sears and Roebucks on Ponce de Leon in Atlanta that we were seemingly busier the day after Christmas. Some of you may be out scooping up those after Christmas sales. Have fun. As for me, it’s time to enjoy the final games of the college football bowl season.
But, during these past few days that comprised my father-in-law’s birthday, our 27th anniversary as well as Christmas, there were many issues about which I pondered.
