Linda Newton: BLOG

Last night we had an awesome Eve of Christmas Eve service at church, two of them, in fact, because we had so many folks attend. It was wonderful to see peeps who have grown up as kids in the church come back home to visit family, many of them with kids of their own!

We sang my favorite, Silent Night and as the words played over in my head, I heard: Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright… and I thought of all the peace and all the light the Baby Jesus has brought into my life.

Even in times of greatest stress growing up in an abusive home, I felt His calm in the midst of the chaos. In times of fear and darkness when I didn’t know if my youngest daughter would live through another heart surgery, I felt His bright light penetrate the dark gloom that threatened to consume me.

On this Christmas Eve, I pray that no matter what you are going through, you will allow His calm and his bright light to surround you so that you can draw up strength from His.

Merry Christmas!
Lovin’ Jesus,
Linda