Friday – December 24, 2010

Making Room for the Christ Child
Read: Luke 2:6-7

Christmas has always been a special time for me because of my grandmother. She ran an old fashion country store that was more or less the meeting place for the town. Once Thanksgiving dinner was over we started getting ready for Christmas. First the decorations, then planning for all the “goodies” to be made and anticipating all the calls, cards and visits from family and friends that soon would be coming. Practice for the church Christmas program would begin. Finally, Christmas Eve would arrive and it was time to go to church. As a child I think I thought baby Jesus would really be there.

After our children were grown and married our oldest son and daughter-in-law were expecting their first born just a few days before Christmas. All the preparations at home and the hospital had been made and we anxiously anticipated the blessed event. At that moment I wondered what Mary might have been thinking. It was then I realized it didn’t really matter if it was a hospital or manger because all we needed was our faith. Modern day or long ago, it was all in God’s hands.

Prayer: Dear Lord, regardless of the events in our lives that may require us to wait and wonder, we always know we have you to bring peace of mind and comfort to us. Amen

Nancy Basden