Hello Folks,
     I am looking forward to the time with my family around Christmas this year.  It seems that the older I get the more I value my family members.  It is amazing to realize that my children are all in their 40's and that I have a grand daughter that will graduate from High School next June.  It makes me wonder how time has passed so quickly.  But is that the biblical picture about life?  We read that "life is but a vapor".  When I look in a mirror I certainly do not see that young man who married that wonderful red headed girl.  But I also realize that my life has been blessed beyond measure.  I have been given 3 wonderful children and 6 marvelous grand children.  I have pastored 2 congregations for a total of 34 years and been part of some amazing things that God has done.  So when I sit around the living room with my family this Christmas, if God permits it, I will celebrate life and the joy that has been mine!  I will also celebrate the One who made it all possible for me.  While some of you may have always been nice and kind I must admit that without Jesus, and my wife, my life would have been filled with sorrow, hatred and death! Thank God He intervened for me and gave me a life worth living!  Praise His name!


Have a great one,


HGRudd