Christmas Apart

For those of you reading this post that are not missionaries, remember to pray for those that are serving away from their families during the holiday season.  For those of us that are missionaries, take a long look at Calvary.  That is the reason for us to be away from our families during the holiday season.

“On my second Christmas Day, apart in measure from my dear family, I found comfort in ‘taking’ a new carol, which, unlike most carols, would look not only at Bethlehem, but also at Calvary.  There are times when nothing holds the heart but a long, long look at Calvary.  How very small anything that we are allowed to endure seems beside that Cross.” 

—Amy Carmichael in Rose from Brier, pg. 82