For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his faithful ones. The righteous shall be kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
(Psalm 37.28 NRSV)

John A. Davis mailed a Christmas card to his brother in December 1942. It showed up recently at a post office in Tinley Park, Illinois, nearly 55 years late. Davis had long ago figured the card, sent from Jackson, Miss., to Maryville, Tenn., got lost. The long-lost card raised eyebrows at the Tinley Park post office, and Davis' family learned about it through a newspaper account.

The supervisor had sent the card on to Maryville but got it back when Davis contacted him. "There is a lot of nostalgia in this thing. I'm sorry that my brother died a couple years ago. He would have gotten a kick out of it," Davis, a retired Chicago-area businessman, said. Davis is wondering about the mysterious ways of the Postal Service, as well as where the card was for more than 50 years. The envelope's lone postmark was from Dec. 22, 1942.

"It's all speculation on where it was, who discovered it, was it delivered, why it got to Tinley Park," Davis said.

It's easy to make fun of the U.S. Postal Service. The truth of the matter is that, with the millions of cards which they handle each year, it is not surprising that a card is misplaced from time to time.

How fortunate we are that God never misplaces us!


Lord Jesus, don’t let me stray. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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