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** Merry Christmas!
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I offer you my warm wishes for a very Merry Christmas filled with joy and laughter. May you and your family enjoy a holiday season that is marked by joy and love.
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** A Christmas Miracle
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In the suffocating heat of the summer of 1776, New York City stood on the brink of collapse. General George Washington faced an army held together by faith, grit, and little else—farmers and tradesmen staring down the greatest military power on earth. On August 27, the British struck at Brooklyn Heights with overwhelming force. By nightfall, the Continental Army was trapped—its back to the East River, defeat inevitable.
And then God intervened.
Under cover of darkness and an unnatural, providential fog, Washington led his entire army to safety. Boat by boat, man by man, they escaped the British—without the loss of a single life. When morning came, the enemy stood stunned before an empty shoreline.
History calls it what it was: a miracle. But miracles do not end trials—they preserve purpose.
Relentlessly pursued, freezing, starving, and hemorrhaging men, Washington’s army staggered into Pennsylvania as winter tightened its grip. Independence hung by a thread.
Then came Christmas. On Christmas night, Washington asked the impossible of men who had already sacrificed everything. They crossed the ice-choked Delaware River in darkness and sleet, marching toward Trenton to confront a hardened Hessian force that outnumbered them.
The cold was merciless. Weapons froze. Feet bled. But at dawn, God delivered victory. The enemy was caught off guard. The triumph was swift and decisive. What had looked like the death of the Revolution became its rebirth. Hope returned. America survived.
Nearly 170 years later, history repeated itself in the frozen forests of Belgium. In December 1944, Hitler launched a counteroffensive through the Ardennes. American forces in Bastogne were surrounded, outnumbered, and cut off from supplies. Ammunition ran low. Food vanished. The wounded suffered. Snow fell endlessly. The sky remained sealed shut.
All seemed lost.
In that moment, General George Patton turned openly and unashamedly to God. He ordered his chaplain to write a prayer and distributed it to his troops—not for comfort, but for victory: “Grant us fair weather for battle… that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory…”
Then the clouds broke.
The skies cleared. Air power returned. Patton’s Third Army smashed through German lines and relieved Bastogne. What man could not do alone, God made possible.
From Trenton to Bastogne, history testifies to a simple truth: when nations humble themselves, God acts.
Today, our battles are different—but they are no less real. Families struggle under economic pressure. America faces threats abroad. Cultural decay and hostility toward faith deepen. Too often, we are told to accept decline, to lower expectations, to surrender hope.
But Christmas does not belong to despair but the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ—not a symbol, not a season, but the Son of God. Over 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem, heaven broke into history. Angels announced His arrival to humble shepherds, declaring peace, redemption, and salvation to the world.
Jesus Christ came not to affirm the powerful, but to save the lost. He entered a dark world—and the darkness did not overcome Him.
As we celebrate Christmas, let us name Jesus Christ boldly and remember that the same God who delivered Washington at the Delaware and Patton at Bastogne is still sovereign today.
The best is yet to come.
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