What do you do when all hopes die?
What do you do when, despite all your hard work, despite all your faith and prayers, despite everything you could possibly do, all hopes die? When the worst possible thing imaginable happens, it feels as if all helps and comforts flee (Hymns 166, Abide With Me). All people around the world have moments when all seems in vain. A student fails an important exam, changing their entire future. A father fails to be hired for his dream job. A person decides to abandon their spouse and children. A beloved mother says farewell to a child for the rest of this lifetime. Surely after such devastations, all hope is lost. What do you do? You carry on. Long ago, a number of learned men and women saw a sign in the heavens, signifying the birth of a baby boy. So, they packed up their most prized gifts and began the long, long journey to seek the holy child. Obviously, these men and women had to know who the child was. What was worth such a long journey? What did they hope to see? A man who would one d...