He could have picked a different way...

I've always been amazed at how God chose to place his Son into our world. He could have done it any way he wanted. But he chose this way... to enter the world in difficult times under difficult circumstances as a helpless infant who must be cared for by parents who were vulnerable to so many frailties. Yet in spite of the challenges that lay ahead and the bewildering mystery that confronted them, Joseph and Mary... along with everyone around them... were caught up in the great joy of this new child. Thank God for such new hope!

Give me a heart of faith, O God, so that I might always see your grace being poured out on me in special ways. I am thrilled that you, the Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe, chose to enter our world as a child. Thank you for trusting your wonderful salvation to human flesh so we could know that you deemed us worthy of entering our world to make us right for yours. In the name of your Son, Jesus. Amen.