He is our God; we are the people he cares for, the flock for which he provides. (Psalms 95:7 GNB) Around Christmas time, a lot of us, if not all of us, think back to our childhood; or at least we try to think back to our childhoods. But when we look back on those Christmas days past, we begin to wonder how we even got this far. If you haven’t thought about it, then start thinking about it because you will realize it was a far, long and sometimes hard journey here, from there. I think back to one of the first Christmases I can remember in vivid detail, it was also the first of six times I met my grandparents in my life. I had gotten the Nintendo Master System for Christmas and my grandfather and father had sit down to play duck hunt (they were more excited than my brother and me about it) and the traditional Kwon family trash talking between child and parent had commenced. “Jonathan, I’m going to how you and your father how to shoot these ducks on the TV screen!” My grandfather yelled. That’s when I saw him break into tears… That was the last time I would see my grandparents for another 10 years or so, but it made a lasting impact. The reason he cried, my father told me on the very last Christmas my brother and I had with him, was because he was amazed by how far my dad made it in life with little to no help from his parents, my grandparents. I think my dad told him, “God cared and provided.” So I tell you, look back on your past Christmases and thank God this Christmas, because He cared an provided every single year of your life. Through the financial struggles, divorce, breakups, deaths, and sleepless nights; you got through them by no power of your own. Let’s memorize this verse today: “He is our God; we are the people He cares for…” Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, He is our God and WE are the people He CARES for.