the tindog coffeehouse

Hold on, hold on
Someone will find you
Hold on, hold on
Somebody loves you
Hold on, hold on
You’re not drowning this time
Hold on, hold on
Look for the search lights

– Abandon, “Hold On”

If you’ve read any of my earlier posts, you probably know this year hasn’t exactly been our best one. In fact, it’s been pretty rough. Even before I broke my leg in July, we were struggling to keep up with work and school and all the other stuff that comes along with life. Then my accident added a whole new level of stress to the situation, along with $2000 in medical bills. Add to that some additional financial setbacks, and here we are, broke and just hoping to make it through the end of the month.

All things considered, though, our situation really isn’t that bad. We have jobs, a roof over our head, food in the pantry, and presents under the Christmas tree. But it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture, to feel like things will never get any better. To lose hope.

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Happy December! It’s officially the Christmas season and also the beginning of Advent.

As I mentioned in my last post, although I love Christmas, it seems odd that we put more emphasis on Jesus’ birth than on His death and resurrection. I guess it’s just more marketable that way. Everybody loves babies, but it’s not nearly as fun talking about Christ’s agonizing death on a Roman crucifix.

Anyway, as I’ve been reading my way through the Bible recently, I’ve been thinking more about how Jesus was the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, as far back as Genesis and the Garden of Eden. As the Gospel of John points out, Jesus existed before the world was created. Before mankind set foot on Earth, God planned for His Son to die for us. Jesus wasn’t God’s Plan B, an audible called at the line of scrimmage after we humans dropped the ball. Jesus was planned from the very beginning.

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