A few years ago at this time, a story was going around about a man in a department store during the Christmas rush who noticed a little boy trudging along all by himself. He didn’t think much about it until he heard the announcement over the public address system: “A small boy named Donald has been lost. Donald is seven years old. If anyone sees Donald please bring him to the information booth.” Whereupon, the man was startled to hear the little fellow say, “Damn it, I’m lost again.”
That’s what we’re hearing these days from people all around us: “We’re lost again!” And then Christmas comes.
But that wandering star returns and draws our attention to The Christ, and we celebrate because we realize once again that God loves us so much He has come to us in our lostness, in this special way. He has come to us in our lostness to show us who we are; to give us new…
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