Last week we celebrated Christmas, and the coming of the Christ Child, the Savior promised by God to bring hope, joy, love and peace to the world. Christmas often brings with it thoughts and images of family gatherings around a dinner table with turkey and dressing and sweet potatoes and all sorts of other wonderful food. All of the children can’t wait to show off their favorite gift that Santa left under the tree. And all is right with the world, because everyone overflows with genuine love for each other, even love for the nerdy brother-in-law. There are many, many people who look forward Christmas as their favorite time of year. But how many know someone whose tree was a little thin on the gifts this year? Whose family gathering was tense because of strained relationships? Whose dinner table had one less chair than previous years? Or whose reality failed to meet what they expected Christmas ought to be? The Bible p...