Another Christmas Down the Chimney (standard:humor, 902 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Dec 21 2025	Views/Reads: 0/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Not everything turns out the way we plan. I haven’t had a Christmas like this, but there have been times when I thought everything was going the wrong way. It’s times like this that I need to focus not on what’s going wrong but on God. My faith in God get

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That Christmas really stands out in my mind because it was the only one
with no presents under the tree. On Christmas morning, we woke up and 
sat around the tree as usual, but there were no Christmas presents 
under the tree. 

That was the strangest Christmas our family ever had. 

I thought it was strange that no one in our family ever mentioned that
Christmas over the years. I guess I'm the only one who actually 
mentioned it. We all think of it, I'm sure. But it was one of the worst 
Christmas days we ever had as a family. 

We celebrated Christmas as usual, and Mother had a wonderful Christmas
dinner for us. We sat around the table trying to sing Christmas carols. 
It was hard, but we decided to move forward and celebrate our family 
rather than dwell on our missing Christmas gifts. 

No matter how difficult the Christmases have been since that time, none
of them has equaled the sadness of that Christmas. 

Reflecting on that Christmas recently, an encouraging verse of scripture
came to my mind. 

“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within
me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of 
my countenance, and my God” (Psalms 42:11). 

Not everything turns out the way we plan. I haven't had a Christmas like
this, but there have been times when I thought everything was going the 
wrong way. It's times like this that I need to focus not on what's 
going wrong but on God. My faith in God gets me through every problem 
no matter how difficult.


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