Devotional-It is Well Even When it is Not

As many look forward to this season with great joy, there are just as many who wish the holidays would quickly pass because it is too painful. The same is true of the birth of Jesus. While Mary, Joseph, angels, shepherds, and kings will savor fondly the joy of Jesus birth, thousands of families in the surrounding area will mark it as the anniversary of the horrific night their young son was massacred by Herod great hope and great pain all in one story.