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The holidays are here again! I know we're supposed to be full of hope and joy, and maybe you are! But for some of us, the timing of Christmas might feel a little off. This Christmas, if you're struggling to muster up some hope and joy, you might want to take a look at the story of the very first Christmas. It begins with someone struggling to feel hope and joy too. In Luke 1, we meet Zechariah, who gets an incredible message from an angel: after many years of trying to have a baby, he and his wife Elizabeth will finally have a child. Their child would play an important role in announcing the coming of Jesus, Savior of the world. But after so many years of disappointment, Zechariah had a hard time believing it could be true. If you, like Zechariah, struggle to trust what God is up to, I hope you'll read Zechariah's story. Because what was true for him is true for you: God's timing is always right.