It seems completely impossible that the fall semester has all but come and gone.  AU is already in the midst of finals and Georgetown, Mason and Maryland will come together this week for their final worship Gathering of the semester.  I have no doubt that in the weeks to come, my heart will look back to all God has done in these 14 weeks and be filled with joy at who He is and what He allows us to experience together.  I love you guys more than you can imagine and can’t wait for the spring semester.

But we still have this week.  And God still has much to say.  We’re going to be talking a lot about Christmas – the arrival of God on the planet.  But we’re going to look at the story in such a way that we land in Hebrews 3:12-13 at the end of the night.  Let me share the verse with you now because I honestly don’t think you can read it too often.  Here it is:

“See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.  But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.”

Such a picture of who we should be in each other’s lives.  I want to be that for you.  But I also pray we can be that for each other.  I can’t wait to talk more this week about how we live out that call on our lives.  See you then!