If we could first know where we are and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do and how to do it. -- Abraham Lincoln

A young boy's parents were taking him through the "potty training stage." One evening the little fellow came to his father, tugged on his pant leg, and let him know in no uncertain terms that he needed to be taken to the nearest bathroom. All parents who have been through this process know that when your child says, "It is time," you do not wait to finish your sentence; you go right away!

The facility to which the father escorted his son was just off the kitchen. It had no window for outside light, so the only source for illumination was controlled by an electrical switch outside the door. After the father had placed the little fellow on the seat, he turned, closed the door as he left the bathroom, and inadvertently switched off the light. After a brief period of silence, a little voice cried from behind the closed door, "Where did I go?"

Many within the church are asking the same question these days: "Where did we go?"