Aloha Friends and loved ones,

I pray that this message finds you all enjoying the season of celebrating our Christ’s birth. What a source of joy this is, to know that God humbled himself to become one of us! So that we could have salvation and life eternal.
These reminders of God’s love for us stirs up the passion within us to love him and love our neighbors as He calls us to do.

We constantly need these reminders because we are constantly bombarded by the enemy in this world, with hardships, or even enticing distractions!

Our family has faced a lot this year with a family member facing life threatening illness and the death of our nephew. We find ourselves asking similar questions as Job and the psalmists ask. Why do these things happen to good and God loving people?

We know that God is sovereign and that these trials call for us to rely on God’s truth and promises all the more and as James 1:2-4 says, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your Fatih produces perseverance”. So even though we may not find “happiness” amidst our trials, which I’m sure you all have faced many of your own this year, but we can find joy in our Savior, joy that He loves us and has the gift of faith and Salvation for us to rely on and trust in. This is Good News.

This Christmas, take joy in the Good News of our Savior Jesus Christ, whatever trials you may be going through. Let’s sing and rejoice together as all the saints in heaven join in praise of Him who Saves Us.

Merry Christmas,
Adam, Bethany, & Fam