Today we celebrate Christmas together. For those of us who have accepted Jesus as our personal savior, this is more than a holiday on a calendar. This is the best story we have ever heard. We gather together to offer our thanks to God for sending his son to save us. We celebrate the hope of everlasting life in the presence of God for all of eternity. We marvel once again when we think that a baby born on Christmas was God in the flesh. We rejoice that Jesus brings us together in the church. Merry Christmas.