Something special happened a week ago in my Tsawwassen Retreat Office. I had finished responding to a few emails, making some notes for an upcoming coaching call, and was looking for some documents from a few years back. I tend to be a pack rat for keeping records and files, as I filed through a drawer that had been untouched for years, I came across a Personal File which was given to me by our previous Accountant and friend, when he retired. I actually had never looked inside of this file . . .

Charles Spurgeon has written,

“I have a great need for Christ; I have a great Christ for my need”.

Now that is great perspective!

. . . over these weeks, I am going to share what I am learning about being an Overcomer, to experience renewal and transformation. I have to believe that God has created you and me not to live in defeat, rather, He has given us the supernatural tools to go on the offense.

People are trying to make sense of all the chaos: what the US is experiencing, the differing political opinions on the rollout of the vaccine, extended/increased restrictions . . .

So how do we renew and be “overcomers?”

This past week I heard the comment, “holiday confusion.” One woman exclaimed in a boisterous way, “I plan, then change, then plan again, and now have given up! What holiday confusion!”

I know we are all trying to make sense of the fluctuating restrictions . . .

I remember our Pastor preaching on James 1:6 and contrasting it with the picture behind him. It was a message on the danger of doubting.

If ever I need to focus on this verse, it is over the weeks leading into Christmas. Yes, this will be an “Uncommon Christmas” and yet I want to give you a “Christmas Motto” which you can place on your fridge, your mirror, or wherever it will be continually in front of you. Here it is . . .