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Christmas Time is Here!! Here at Still Hopes Retirement Community West Columbia, SC we are a faith-based community, so we pray our way through the seasons. During this time each year, amidst the excitement and wonder of this Holy season, we are often beset with stress, and concerned with the tragedies that just don’t seem to stop for Christmas, no matter how much we want them to!
I try to keep in mind that Christ did not come into a perfect world. The world that He entered was an occupied and oppressed land, and the people longed for God—sound familiar? What came to us that first Christmas wasn’t peace and good will, but God’s love for us. Emmanuel (God with us) is the promise of Christmas. God is with us through it all-the good, and the bad times. The promise of the Christmas season is that no matter what we experience in our lives, joy, hurt, or whatever else we feel, God is with us. It’s God that allows us to feel that Peace that the world cannot give, that Peace that is beyond human understanding. That is the Peace of the Christmas season. We are loved perfectly by God! That is what allows those of faith to say Merry Christmas to all!
May the Blessings of the Holidays be yours!
Rev. Rich Crozier