Sharon,
It is a great Christmas message.  Thank you for sending it.
To all have a merry Christmas!

Virgie and Lady Hoshi
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From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 5:39 PM
Subject: Christmas Message


> Hi all!
>
> Well, it's Christmas Eve.  Yesterday I was reading the book, Heaven, and, 
> near the end, Randy gave a testimony of a father in bed dying, his son at 
> his side.  the son said, "Dad, how do you feel?"  In reply his father 
> said, "I feel like a little boy at Christmas Eve..."  It certainly was 
> fitting for me to read those words during the Christmas Season.  that's 
> what the new Earth will be like, and better!  So let's not allow our 
> expectations to run too high in this life.  when we do, we set ourselves 
> up for disappointment sooner or later.  for those of us who grieve while 
> others are more cheerful than usual, please cling to the hope that you 
> will see your loved ones again, and that The Lord will redeem any 
> suffering we endure here.  then we'll have our good dreams, that we may 
> have held all our lives, come true, and we'll be with Jesus.  God gave His 
> Son so that we can have all this!  In the meantime, have a Merry Christmas 
> anyway, as The Lord enables you, and look forward to exciting times on the 
> new Earth!
>
> Sharon