To celebrate Christmas, we express our love and goodwill through greeting cards, gifts, food, sharing, and fellowship with family and friends, and by helping those less fortunate. Yet these things in themselves are incomplete and may leave us with the “let-down” feeling so commonly experienced during or after Christmas.
“Though Christ a thousand times
In Bethlehem be born
If He is not born in thee
Thy soul is all forlorn.”
In the Christmas story, a brilliant, shining star guided the wise men to the place of the child’s birth. Let us remember that within each of us is a guide that will lead the way for us to discover and respond to the Christ child. It is not enough to recognize the star—we must follow where it leads. Our star will lead to a closer walk with God as we journey forward to follow the divine will and purpose.