Author Unknown
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I had a dream, Joseph. I don't understand it, not really, but I think it was about a birthday
celebration for our son. I think that was what it was all about. The people had been
preparing for it for about six weeks. They had decorated the house and bought new
clothes. They'd gone shopping many times and bought elaborate gifts.
It was peculiar,
though, because the presents weren't for our son. They wrapped them in beautiful paper
and tied them with lovely bows and stacked them under a tree. Yes, a tree, Joseph, right in
their house. They'd decorated the tree also. The branches were full of glowing balls and
sparkling ornaments. There was a figure on the top of the tree. It looked like an angel
might look. Oh, it was beautiful.
Everyone was laughing and happy. They were all
excited about the gifts. They gave the gifts to each other, Joseph, not to our son. I don't
think they even knew him. They never mentioned his name. Doesn't it seem odd for
people to go to all that trouble to celebrate someone's birthday if they don't know him? I
had the strangest feeling that if our son had gone to this celebration he would have been
intruding.
Everything was so beautiful, Joseph, and everyone so full of cheer, but it made
me want to cry. How sad for Jesus - not to be wanted at his own birthday celebration. I'm
glad it was only a dream. How terrible, Joseph, if it had been real.
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