Scripture: Luke 2:6
While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.
Thought for the Day: Oh the best made plans… It is not unusual to read a story about a baby being born alongside the road or in a cab or even aboard an airplane, but in today’s world, medical assistance isn’t too far away. In first century Palestine, being away from your family and community was bad enough, but to find yourself (or your spouse) giving birth in such a setting would have been terrifying. As much as we may attempt to plan things, life tends to happen in the gap between plans. It can be terrifying, yet some of the most amazing and beautiful happenings in history have occurred in these gaps. I’m not suggesting it is the way God plans it, but the important things routinely transpire when we release our need to control. It is there that God’s Spirit is able to wiggle in and accomplish what our plans have often hindered. Just a thought on this Christmas Eve…
Prayer: Lord, you gave us a brain so as not to fly by the seat of our pants, but often our plans leave no room for you. Help us to make space for you to enter in to our lives. Help us to create a manger of the soul where your surprising gift can find rest. Amen.
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