Hey, I recognize that Christmas is not always happy and joyous for some.

It opens up wounds from maybe lost this past year.

And so now this is the first season where you don't have that very important, significant

person in your life with you,

and it just drudges up that painful memory. It's my prayer that you will draw close to the

Lord himself, who will be to you closer than a brother, will be to you. Your strength will be to you everything that you need

during this season and every season during the year. We pray that you'll use this as an opportunity,

not to get away from people or not be reminded of someone, but the Lord would do a real work in your

life. So thank you for coming to Christmas

Eve service. Again, Merry Christmas. I want to begin with something that was written by an

elderly woman. She's 83 years of age. She said, I know I shouldn't have done this, but I am 83 years old.

I was in the McDonald's drive-thru this morning,

and the young lady behind me leaned on her horn and started mouthing some ugly things because I was taking too long to place my order. So, when I got to the first window, I paid for her order along with my own.

The cashier must have told her what I had done, because as we moved up, she leaned out

her window and waved to me and mouthed, thank you, thank you, probably

embarrassed that I had repaid her rudeness with kindness. When I got to the second window,

I showed the server both receipts, and I took her food, too.

Oh, wait. Now she has to go back to the end of the queue and start all over again.

Don't blow your horn at old people. We've been around a long time.

Now I have a hunch that you like that story because you like it when people get what they deserve.

A little bit of justice, right?

It's like, man, that gal, yeah, she got what's coming to her.

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