Christmas Greetings from:
Dick and Joan Deweert
Matt, Nadine, Joel & Daniel Deweert
Ryan, Elissa, Aliya, Cassara & Sarinna Caldwell
Several years ago, our daughter in law gave us a beautiful plaque for our office. It says, "Other things may change us, but we start and end with family". How true this statement has been to us over the years and the Christmas season is the perfect time to embrace our family as we end one year and enter a new one.
On a New Year's Eve live TV broadcast we did a number of years ago, Len Zoeteman said these words which we believe are so relevant, "The way we go out is the way we go in". Of course, he was applying this to our overall spiritual condition, but what could be better at this time of year but to strengthen our family relationships as we enter a new year.
For those of us in the Body of Christ, this extends to our spiritual family and as such, we consider you to be a part of our family. So as we end 2010 we want to tell you how important you are to us over the past year and how much more important you will be in the coming year. We intend to strengthen our relationship with you in 2011.
Jesus was once asked which commandment was the greatest and He responded with only two, to love God with your whole heart and to love your neighbour as yourself. When we stand before God, He won't ask us what we have built, how much wealth we have or even how much we gave. He will ask us how passionately and deeply we loved Him and our fellow man. Isn't that the message of this season?
Our prayer is that you may increase more and more in His love in the coming year.
