Sunday, December 14, 2008

Things were probably not  nearly so ideal as they are portrayed: Mary may not have had clean clothes, much less have her hair combed, the stable might have needed mucking out, Jesus may have cried half the night through, the swaddling clothes may not have been particularly clean or matched colors, and Mary must have been exhausted and shocked from the agony of her first delivery.  These are the things that miracles are made of.  Don't wait until everything is perfect: watch the Lord work with everything that is imperfect, unjust, or just plain miserable and see the magnificence that He brings out of it.

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