Tammy Ingram

A Christmas Blessing for the Ones Who Carry the World

(First Responders, Mothers, Survivors, Nurses, Doctors, and Every Soul Who’s Fighting to Stay)

This Christmas, I speak directly to the ones who rarely get spoken to —
the ones who hold the line, hold the home, hold the hurt, and hold their breath when the world grows too loud.

To the first responders:
The ones who run toward crisis while others run away.
The ones who see what breaks the rest of us.
The ones who give Christmas away so others can keep it.

Jesus sees you.
The Savior who came into a violent world stands beside you in yours.
He carries what you cannot say out loud.

To the mothers:
The ones who patch wounds they don’t have time to feel.
The ones who smile through exhaustion and pray through fear.
The ones who carry their families even when their own hearts are cracking.

Jesus honors your unseen work.
He holds your tears, your fatigue, your hopes, your grief, your memories; all of it.

To the survivors, the silent fighters, the ones who barely made it to today:
You are not weak for struggling.
You are not a burden for breaking.
You are not forgotten because you’re tired.

Jesus Himself suffered.
He does not stand above your pain —
He steps into it. He sits inside it. He carries you out of it.

To the ones who lost someone this year — including Kris:
Your grief is holy.
Your shock is real.
Your love does not end at death’s door.

And the God who collects every tear is near to the shattered heart.
Kris’ life mattered, and her story will not be wasted…
because your love still bears witness.

This Christmas, may you feel the arms of the One who promised:
“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
He is not a man that He should lie.
He has not lied about you.
He has not left you.
He is not done with you.

He came so you would never walk alone…
and when you cannot walk,
He carries you.

Merry Christmas to you…
the brave, the broken, the burdened, the beloved,
the ones who fight unseen battles and still choose love.

May the Savior who was born in the dark
shine His light into yours
and carry you gently into the new year.

Again, thank you for your service. Stay connected by subscribing to lovedshack.com, Chaplain Tammy’s that just went live at Christmas. Praise God, for He lives!!!