Looking Back on Time

Our Thoughts:

Do you know what you were doing a year ago? Ten years, twenty years? This time last year, my husband and I were keeping grandkids. It was cold and it was hard to keep them inside. They are outside kids, and love the trampoline. Socks were ruined, and it kept us busy keeping them dry, clean, and warm - the little boys, that is. This year, they are home. Mom's been home throughout the holidays, so we haven't kept them very much.

I can't remember what I was doing ten years ago, but I am sure it was babysitting my two oldest grandchildren, since their Mom was working then, too. But, I can tell you what I was doing thirty one years ago - waiting on the birth of my daughter, who was born the next day. I thought she was going to be a Christmas baby, and the Doctor assured my husband she'd be after New Year's making her appearance. Listen to the Mother - she knows best!

During this season, over 2,000 years ago, Mary had waited on the birth of her firstborn. We don't know if it was during December, or whether it was warm or cold. But, she didn't have the convenience of a hospital - not even the convenience of her own home and bed, in which to give birth. She was sent from the Inn because they didn't have room. Makes me wonder, if they had known who she was, if they'd have made room. But, she was sent to what we now call a barn, and her child was placed on hay. It's hard to imagine our Savior having to come to earth under those circumstances. But, it shows us that GOD is no respector of person - not even with His Son. He had to undergo the same things that each of us undergo - lived a human life on earth, withstanding the pressures of life, the temptations that we sometimes can't withstand - to become the Savior of the earth.

God's Thoughts: