We are all waiting with anticipation for Christmas to arrive. “I can’t wait for Christmas,” might sound cute during the Christmas season, but what if you are in a more difficult season and your “can’t wait” sounds like this: “I can’t do this! I can’t stand it one more day. Not one more day of this”?

I wonder if Mary felt that way too during this season 2000 years ago. Like a very pregnant Mary, we must all endure the wait for Christmas.

What are you enduring in this season? In the Bible, the word “endure” is always linked to the One with the power to endure. We are able to endure so much more than we think we can because God will give us the power to endure.  

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