28/12/2025
𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬.
Not a loud story.
Not a polished one.
But a brave beginning written into the ordinary - into flesh, into family and into the mess of real life.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝.
For those of us who feel uncertain, or quietly undone as the year winds down - this is good news.
What began in a manger didn’t end there.
𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬.
𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬.
𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.
Strong stories aren’t always dramatic.
Sometimes they’re faithful.
Sometimes they’re quiet.
𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 - 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠. 🕯️