TY - BOOK AU - VanLiere,Donna TI - The Christmas hope SN - 0312334508 AV - PS3622.A66 C478 2005 U1 - 813/.6 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - St. Martins Press KW - Women social workers KW - Fiction KW - Married people KW - Girls KW - Christmas stories KW - lcsh N2 - For some reason I had always assumed that when God wanted our attention, He would do something big that would rouse us from our sleep to bring us back to Him, but I was wrong. God is always speaking patient, waiting for us to believe. We are the impatient ones, demanding to be convinced. We want something real, something we can touch and see to help us believe. The mountains, oceans, and skies aren't enough. We need more. And we have it all, all around us, every day. If we would just take the time to listen and see, we would walk toward God and believe, or at least of us will. Some like me; from The Christmas Hope ER -