Merry Christmas from our home to yours! Don is home from college, Grant has two more days of school before Christmas break, and the weather outside is “frightful”! What a wonderful time of year! As I think of the end of 2009, I’m so grateful for health, a warm home, exciting ministry, amazing boys, and terrific friends. I count YOU among those blessings! You make my ministry possible through your encouragement and prayers and I’m privileged to include you among my friends! I know 2009 has been a difficult year for many, and we have not escaped without our share of trials, but Hebrews 12:28 was an encouragement the other day as I read that “since we receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe.” A friend shared the other day that she couldn’t “get all of her ducks in a row” these days and that sometimes it seemed like God had taken all of her ducks and thrown them up in the air. I agreed and had to confess that I couldn’t even FIND all of my ducks these days, much less get them to line up! 🙂 I’m encouraged to remember that our true kingdom cannot be shaken! I’m very grateful for that and hope you can be encouraged with that thought.