More than any other holiday, Christmas is predictable: the food, the lights, the music, even the date. If we imagined an unpredictable Christmas, we’d assume everything went wrong. But an unpredictable Christmas is exactly what God wants us to have. The gifts he delivers are so great that, no matter what we’re anticipating, we can count on being surprised. This week we see how the gifts God wants to give us are not just offered on one day or at specific times of year. Rather, his greatest presents are a direct result of his constant presence among us. As we begin a new Church Year, we celebrate the willingness of our God to come to us humbly so that we are drawn to him in faith rather than driven away in fear.