This four-week Christmas series examines four common life experiences that test our patience and threaten to take away the joy the comes with the gospel story. Whether it’s heading off to college, getting married, waiting for Christmas morning, or the birth of a child, we find ourselves longing for the big event. Christmas reminds us that God is at work even in the struggle and beauty of life. Despite difficult circumstances, Christmas is, and will always be, a gift of hope.