Home for Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! Isn't it interesting how nothing is ever the same? I mean, you think every Christmas will be exactly the same as the last. But things change, people come and go, and of course the weather changes. This Christmas was the MOST different I had ever had. Besides being the college student who has to move home at Christmas, there were other things that made this Christmas different. Stuff happened and it was looking like a not very joyous season after all. However, what really matters about Christmas isn't the presents or if we get what we want for Christmas. What Christmas is really about is Christ's birth and his infinite Atonement. My family really had to focus on that this year. For me, there was no where else I could turn. Because even when friends fail us and the world seems to be pitch black, Christ is always there for us. This Christmas has been a test of my faith (and my family's faith) to see if I could trust in the Lord when there was no one else I could trust in. I don't know what is going to happen tomorrow or the next day or the rest of my life, but I know God loves me. I think the reason we don't feel his love all the time is because we aren't looking for it or because we want to find love other places. I don't know what will happen because of what happened to my family this Christmas. But I think the best New Years gift would be to find out that everything is ok. That happy ever after does really exist.