Yesterday, we had a small family church service at home. We read from Luke 1 and 2, sang several songs, and took the Lord's Supper together. It was the perfect combined celebration of the birth and death of Christ in the same small service.
During our prayer time, we also rejoiced in the fact that in Christ, we could celebrate our connection as family not only by blood, but also through the blood of Christ - a true blessing for which we gave much thanks. As mom put it as we closed, "Like Mary, I too treasure these things in my heart."
