Merry Christmas – Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

As this loopy, loopy yr involves an in depth, I wish to want all of you the merriest of Christmas seasons.

I treasure you and admire you a lot. I do know I say that yearly once I publish these “Merry Christmas” messages, but it surely’s true. My life is infinitely blessed due to my interactions with you. 

All all through this yr, you have got buoyed me up together with your feedback and evaluations on recipes, together with your private notes through electronic mail and social media messages, and together with your assist of me, all of the content material and recipes I publish right here, and likewise for my bucket record tasks (the cookbook! the winter equipment refugee undertaking! elevating donations for a candy household pal dealing with a pancreatic most cancers prognosis! THANK YOU!).

Thank you for bringing me again to the easy reminders that life is supposed to be enjoyed, not simply endured. And that there’s a lot of pleasure to be discovered once we look exterior of ourselves. 💗

Amid an extremely blessed life, I’ve had some challenges this yr which have, at instances, weighed on me mentally and emotionally (and generally bodily) greater than I felt like I may bear.

I do know I’m not alone; it looks as if so many individuals I do know are going by means of actually onerous issues proper now. Which means so many individuals I don’t know are additionally experiencing deeply tough issues.

Even although I don’t know all of you personally, I deeply, deeply hope and pray that with the brand new yr may even come new hope, new beginnings, and new mild forward for you.

I’m grateful daily for my Savior, Jesus Christ, who doesn’t take the onerous away however as an alternative offers the peace and strength wanted to get by means of it. The older I get, the extra I study and really feel and consider that He got here for the beggar, for the sinner, for the damaged-hearted…for you…and for me.

Brian shared this song with me recently and it’s such a good looking reminder of who Christ is and what He can do for us. It is price a hear if in case you have a couple of minutes. 💗

Thank you for being right here. Thank you for being YOU.

Merry Christmas, associates.