I have had the delightful honor this year of watching one grandson being born and holding a second one as well...watching siblings hold their precious newborn brothers....parents sit in wonder, counting toes, watching facial expressions...cuddling....whispering sweet words...nursing...tenderly handling these tiny miracles....watching dimples appear and disappear in an instant...smiles, frowns....moving all movable parts....stretching, yawning...
What a awesome wonder babies are...life .....tiny life...
But, these babies, precious as they are...welcome as they were, are different from the baby, Jesus, born two thousand years ago...He came as a lowly baby, born in a stable..dark..unsanitary...possibly animals watching...laid in a feed manger...not a clean baby bed in a hospital with a staff of nurses and doctors in attendance, monitoring every move, oxygen mask ready, vitals taken, charts, machinery of all kinds.....
Jesus had his parents in attendance, maybe someone brought water, or maybe even clean hay...as the animals munched contentedly standing nearby...the smells, earthy, instead of antiseptic ....
The scenes dramatically and worlds apart...as well as life paths...one came so that others might live...the others came, hopefully to follow...one to give life to be the bread of the others' lives....one had shepherds running to see the newborn...Angels filling the sky to proclaim His birth...the others were photoed on phones and cameras to proclaim....one foretold and waited for for generations .....one, God/man....the others, men made in his image .....mysteries all....welcomed all....
Thank YOU.....
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MC9cbEHjvPs
Luke 2:4-20 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she 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. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven,and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
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