Christmas reminds us that God is with us. Right here. Right now. Our God got down to earth in a special way in Christ. His presence remains.

There is a story about a monk who rode an ox into town. As he seemed to be looking all around, he was asked what he was looking for. “I’m looking for an ox,” he said. They laughed. He went into two other neighborhoods and people in each place asked him the same question, “What are you looking for?” Again he answered, “I’m looking for an ox.” Finally, someone said to him, “This is ridiculous. You are a man riding on an ox and yet you are looking for an ox.”

The monk answered, “So it is with you looking for God.”