A day to celebrate

By
Suzanne Downing
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Merry Christmas from Must Read Alaska.

A special thanks to all of our doctors, nurses, medical teams, researchers, and first responders. Thank you for working on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Also, Merry Christmas and thank you to our military members and veterans, especially those who are serving far from their families today. May God keep you safe and may your day be gentle. If you are serving in Alaska and your family is in the Lower 48, know that we appreciate having you here, and we honor your service.

And to all the others who rise today and put on their winter gear to go out and keep our roads cleared, our lights on, and our oil fields running, we’re thinking of you today, too. We tip our hat to our other frontline workers — those who keep our supply lines open and keep our grocery shelves stocked.

Today I’ll mostly take the day off to celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, a poor Galilean born in Bethlehem around the time of King Herod’s death. He, a carpenter, teacher, and Savior, walked a path unlike any before him or since. A life worth celebrating, and a Savior worth following.

May your road be well-sanded, with no icy spots today and no standing moose, may your heart be warm, and may the Christmas spirit live within you throughout the rest of the year.

Love and Peace,

Suzanne

16 COMMENTS

  3. … “May your road be well-sanded, with no icy spots today and no standing moose”, … the most thoughtful, goodwill-intention(s) any Alaskan driver and passenger could receive … and moose, too!

  4. Merry Christmas Suzanne!! Thank you for your unwavering loyalty to the truth in all you write! If it were not for MRAK most of us would be still doing alot more fact checking on news. Happy New Year and here is to a better 2021!

  10. May the Lord spirit and strength go with us into 2021, a much rougher year than 2020. For those stubborn and haughty may their hearts be humbled sooner rather than later that when seeing their own little world they can not control no longer as they thought. May God show compassion upon the local churches who didnt know any better sitting down when they were called to stand up, forgiving us for not knowing our bibles more than the jobs paying for our physical expenses, so its doors are to stay open for the humbled people finding there a refuge inside its walls when they are Overwhelmed by Emotions as their lives are falling apart, in a place where they can find a bible and hopefully a ministry team to walk them through learning how to read the scriptures for understanding a New Life in Christ.

  13. Just a few days ago at Fred Meyer I was chatting with the grocery bagger (listen, I know the self-checkout is less populated but let’s keep PEOPLE employed, eh?), and she said what I always dread about the New Year “ I hope 2021 is better.” Argh. Ummm. I’ve never been terribly smooth at delivering my alternative perspective but the truth is that I don’t believe it’s likely to get better. And that’s not popular in passing convo. So I did my best at encouraging those who might feel that 2020 was terrible and they’re not sure they can handle any more: 2020 was tough. And it showed us how resilient we can be. And IF 2021 doesn’t hand us rainbows and butterflies, we know (because of 2020) that we are resilient enough to handle it. Happy New Year. And seriously, suck it up and do the work to get better – I don’t want to hear any more griping about how awful everyone else made your year.

  14. You’re thanking medical teams for working on Christmas Day, while your website encourages people not to wear masks and social distance? Such hypocrisy, Madame Editor.

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