If only I were a goose…

An old lady looked out her window at the geese outside in the blizzard. If only I could get them into the barn, they could be warm and safe! she thought.  So she bundled up and went outside to try to herd them.  They scattered and flew a few paces away, a few took flight over the trees.  If only I were a goose! Then I could tell them that the barn is warm and a safe haven from the storm!  Suddenly she understood the Incarnation.  Our God tried to bring us to His shelter in the storm of the world, but we would not listen because we did not understand.  He became man, that He could be one of us, that we would understand and come into His protection.