Merry Christmas from Tom Mount

Hello again! I don’t get to do this much, so now that I have the stage for a little while here, let me take the time to wish the SI family a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I trust God has blessed you as you have trusted in Him throughout the last 12 months and that He will continue to do so in the next 12.These letters are always the hardest to write because when it comes down to it, I can’t really imagine anyone saying, “Man, I wish I could walk a mile in his shoes!” I mean, my life is pretty quiet, really. I work a day job fixing computers, sing with my local civic choir, and travel many weekends with the Calvary Quartet. Oh, and I do some editing and geek‐for‐hire work for SI.

But I do thank God for the many opportunities He has dropped in my lap over this past year, opportunities both at work and in what passes as my free time. God is good, and I have seen this evidence in all that God has done for me and brought me through this past year. From crazy drivers to extensive car work (thankfully the one did not cause the other!), from extra responsibilities to extra deadlines, and from singing as a ministry to singing as a profession, God has opened doors, closed others, and through it all, made the point to me that He is in sovereign control.

This is usually the point in most Christmas letters where the author breaks and starts to update the reader on how the wife and kids are doing. Since I have neither, I guess I’ll just skip ahead to the part where I again wish all of you a happy holiday season with family and pray that God will bless each and every one of you in a special and unmistakable way. Merry Christmas!