Springtime Christmas

I think I've heard before that historians say Jesus' birth probably took place in the spring. We only celebrate it in December because of other holiday traditions. So I think it's kind of cool to be reading about the Christmas story at the time of year that it may have occurred.

Anyway, God choose probably the most stressful time of Joseph and Mary's life for Jesus to be born: away from home, in a crowded city, dealing with government bureaucracy, not to mention the stress of gossip, rejection and negative opinions because Mary was pregnant before they were married.

Definitely not how I would have planned Jesus' entrance into the world. Yet how accessible it makes Him.

Accessible.

God.

Okay, I guess it was way better than I would have planned.

Take a moment to pray for a new realization of what God did for us...