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The parable of the prodigal son has something for each of us. Some of us are the prodigals. We’ve wandered far from home, far from our father, and far from our true calling. The here and now got the better of us and we recklessly pursued the pleasures of this world. But when the emptiness of it all sinks in, we’ve found ourselves completely alone at the end of a dead end street. Without options, we swallow our pride and prepare our hearts to go back to our father’s house.

As a new year begins, it's a great opportunity to step back and reflect on who Jesus is and what He has called us to do. It's so easy to get wrapped up in our own lives that we fail to notice people around us who are struggling. Look. Listen. Ask God how you can be used by Him in the lives of hurting people.

As last year’s calendar is put away and a new one put in its place, we anticipate all that the coming months will bring. With a fresh start, we plan to make up for what we didn’t do so well last year and set new goals and resolutions to make this year better than last. While it’s always helpful to have goals, you don’t have to wait a full year to start over. If this year’s resolutions fall flat, don’t wait until next January to renew them. With God, you have a new beginning every day.

We live in the abundance of God’s grace and mercy every day. What better way to celebrate the coming of the Savior than to let His light shine through us in the same way?

Seeing isn’t always believing. We can get so caught up with life that we don’t stop and reflect on the ways God is moving. We brush things off or use our finite reasoning skills to explain away the miraculous. And yet we miss so much when we judge our circumstances too quickly. Assuming God isn’t going to show up, we don’t look for him.

Some people are just born gift-givers. They find joy in the hunt for the perfect gift for people they love, and they overflow with giddiness watching those gifts get unwrapped. (And who doesn't love receiving gifts?!) Giving gifts to each other reflects God’s gift to all of us. Jesus didn’t come wrapped in pretty paper with a giant bow; He was born in a simple stable to a simple family.

Christmas is about the greatest gift the world has ever known. The gifts we give to each other are a small reflection of what God did for us.

Joseph isn't the most interesting of that little group huddled around the baby in nativity scenes, living or otherwise, on display around the world every Christmas season.