As I look about our world, skim the massive number of ads in the Sunday paper and watch the faces of shoppers going about their last mad dash before Christmas day arrives...  I am reminded that his season of peace, joy and good cheer does bring a certain increase in anxiety for many people.

"Will John get along with my mother this year?"

"The stores are all sold out of that toy junior had first on his Christmas list!"

"How in the world are we going to fit forty three people in our house for Christmas dinner?"

Then there is the young man who said to his pastor, "I am going to give my girlfriend an engagement ring for Christmas."

"What a wonderful gift," the pastor replied.  Then the young man with anxiety written all over his face continues, "I don't know what I will do if she says no!…