Getting lost is not a novel experience.  I am sure there are times each of us has been physically lost.  It’s frightening to feel alone and lost; whether it is physically, emotionally, or spiritually.  The most wonderful truth is that we are never alone. We are never truly lost.  

Jesus Christ, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, promised he would not leave us.  We are not forgotten.  We are not orphans.  This promise is a reminder that even when we feel alone or adrift, there is a guiding presence accompanying us on our journey.  Christ is before us, behind us and beside us.  

This truth is almost more than words can describe, and as per Hans Christian Anderson: “Where words fail, music speaks. “Christ Before Us,” is a beautiful piece with text by Janet Sullivan Whitaker, to the tune Suo Gan, a Welsh lullaby.  The melody is often sung at Christmas depicting Mary singing to baby Jesus.  What more safe place is there than an infant in its mother’s arms?  As Christians, we can be assured of the same safety, knowing that Christ is with us.