A True Christmas

"Does the world make itself ready to celebrate a Christmas in its way?  May the Lord rouse you, so that you might receive Him in the appropriation of faith of which the angel spoke to the shepherds, not only proclaiming that the Savior was born, but 'Unto you is born this day in the city of David, the Savior.'  A greater Christmas cannot be prepared for you."
                                                                                                         Rev. G. H. Kersten

The Lord's Dealings

The Lord deals graciously with His people.  Though He puts them into the furnace, yet He will not allow it to be heated one degree more than is needful to consume the dross and purify their souls.  He presides over it Himself.  His wisdom and love regulate its strength.  Thus, in the midst of all their trials, He never leaves them nor forsakes them.
                                                                                                        Thomas Reade

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.  Hebrews 13.5