I got a text a few hours ago from a friend of mine that I was just reaching out to

because it's Christmassy, extremely successful person, a leader in his city,

someone who many, many, many, many people look up to, and to me a rock if you

will in life. He said, tray for me because I'm going through that time that I know

you understand. I'm at that 2am moment. Anxiety has taken over my life. Panic has

found its way into my story, and I don't know if I have the strength to make it

through. I need your prayers and I need your help. And it just crystallized for me

all over again the hope of those words, peace on earth among men. And I know a lot

of us are looking for that peace today. And that peace is found in the very one

that we're gathered around a night. That peace is found in Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

who left heaven to come to earth for you and for me. That's the beauty and that's

the power of Christmas. Merry Christmas everybody. I don't think I've even said

that so far today. That's the beauty. And that's the power of Christmas. We have an

amazing ability. Have you ever noticed this? To take simple things and make them extraordinarily

complicated. We turn Christmas, not into a one day event, into a 12 day gift giving

marathon. It started with 12 drummers drumming. Imagine that. I'm going to give that to my

true love. So I've got to go online. I got to figure out where you get drummers. I got

to get 12 drummers. I got to get them all to the house at the same time. I got to get

them all in the same beat. I don't even know if my true love likes drummers. I'm just

going out on the limb here. And I'm going to get 12 drummers drumming. And they're going

to show up at the condo. We got to get them on the elevator to get them up to our floor.

I got 12 drummers, babe. And here they come. And they're drumming. I hope she liked

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