Merry Christmas 2019

4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:4

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope that you were able to spend some good quality time with family and friends, reflecting on how Christ came to earth and took on flesh. And as wonderful news as that is, I pray that we have the same sort of yearning that the people had as they waited for the Messiah nearly 2,000 years ago. We too are yearning and waiting for His coming. And when that day comes, he will wipe away all our tears and death will be no more. May we be a people who are not captivated by the trappings and trinkets of the season. May our hearts forever be fixed on our Lord and Savior and may that reflect in how we interact with our family, friends, and neighbors throughout this year and into 2020.

And I cannot wait to see you then. I will be taking a short hiatus (long...all of January), but will return in February with a completely new structure and format. Instead of blogging through the Bible in a Year plan, my tentative plan is restructure the blog to be more topical and to have just one or two posts a week. Some topics that I am thinking about could include church history, gender and marital relations, pornography, and others. Also, the book club will remain a regular feature each month and next year I am planning to read a lot of puritan books, so be on the lookout for that. Thanks to everyone who has been following along and I pray that you have grown by it.

Grace and Peace,
Alex Galvez

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