Wednesday, June 16, 2010

random findings of the day

so I was reading the 1 2 3 bible stories to jack today and got some new thoughts on the christmas story.

The book starts out like this 'One special Baby, This babies name is Jesus and he is God's son, born in a stable where animals live. '

I started to think of when you go into labour, you get up, go to the hospital, it is all a bit frantic hoping you get there in time etc etc. You want o feel comfortable and clean and everything to be perfect for when this little person arrives.. here is this poor woman mary, knowing this baby is coming and desperate to find somewhere to have this little one. Huffing and Puffing between contractions, knocking on doors, trying to find a stink'n place to have this baby and noone will let her in. She could have been really far along too, right? like water broken, 10 cm, maybe ready to push, just NEEDS to sit down and can't find somewhere to have this baby. how Frusterating! I think I would be in a panic if this were happening to me! really I think there is a great fantasy of how wonderful and romantic this whole situation was, this would have been awful! then Finally of all the places a freaking barn. I mean really. But out of the insanity of that night, an incredible miracle where i bet God's presence was so thick.

A king, born in a barn.. Amazing how humbly he entered this earth eh? He could have made a real scene , TAADAAA I AM GODs SON born on a stack of Gold but no, born in a place where animals sleep, eat and poop. what a great God we have, just shows us that he isn't too good for even the dirties places.

1 comment:

Shawna said...

So true Heather .... Janna and I were talking about this with a group of women quite a while ago. It seemed they couldn't get it. maybe because it's Jesus and nothing about Him (and Mary for that matter) could be raw or dirty or .... like us! But we were saying that, in the dark, with poo smell rising around her, damp, dirty and cold. Even totally in a foreign situation, because back then women and men, even if you were married, didn't sleep together in inns, etc. So, thinking of this and the utter condition of Mary and how the picture that Papa is creating tells a bigger story of Jesus on the cross for us. Waiting in the shadows of a stable, the cross and a love so raw, so complete to cover all of our dirt and foul, poo smelling sin! Amazing the truth of The King and freedom.