The many candles, lights, celebrations, gifts, delicacies, that are part of the Christmas Season – make me forget that the birth of Jesus was rather sub-ideal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nMary gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.<\/em><\/p>\nLuke 2:7<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Did you know that the word manger used to mean wickerwork? In the old German language, it meant a woven feeding trough for animals. Later, when the troughs were made of wood or stone, people still said crib to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But why was Jesus laid in such an unworthy manger? Quite sub-ideal for a newborn. In our Bible verse above it says: \u201c… For in the hostels they had found no place. When it says, “they had not found a place”, it shows that at another time when there wasn\u2019t a referendum going on, things could have been very different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As normal as the birth of Jesus may have been, the circumstances are not ideal. This first Christmas happens in the middle of normal, human, messy everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What situation is rather not ideal in your life? This is exactly where God wants to come to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bible text: Luke 2:1-7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n