A Reminder of What is Important

About a week and a half ago, a crazy December tornado made a brief appearance in Tallahassee, and my parents were one of three lucky families to be affected by it.

It made a brief touchdown and then was gone. But seriously, they were lucky to only have damage to their yard and a single broken window pane.

No one was home when it happened...and for all of those things, we are grateful. But the clean up of this disaster area is going to be pricey and will take a while.

Probably won't be done by Christmas. But it will serve as a reminder that our lives are not in our hands.

Someone else is in charge. And that "someone" sent His only Son down to earth to be a Savior for us all.

If it weren't for God sending his Son, there'd be no Christmas. God's love is so wondrous and awesome, and we celebrate that love at Christmas.

We are blessed by this love. We are blessed by so many wonderful things in our lives. We are blessed that the trees were the only things truly harmed by this storm. And for this we give thanks.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

- John 3:16

That is the good news of Christmas