Hello ,
Bringing a baby into the world is an incredible event. I have personally witnessed my own wife giving birth to our three children, and each was amazing. Perhaps the most memorable however, was the birth of our first, because it was the first time that either my wife or I had ever personally witnessed such an event. My daughter Taylor was born pre-maturely, but she was the most amazing creature that I had ever laid eyes on. I had
thought that I understood what it meant to be a parent, but the fact is, I hadn't had a clue!
Looking back at that event, my first thought was, "This little girl is counting on me to be a good daddy. I have to provide her with the things that she will need in life. She deserves nothing less than my best." To think that my
wife would have to birth her in place where animals were kept would have been amazingly hard to come to terms with for me. I've asked myself, "Could Joseph have felt much the same way?"
A baby (any baby) deserves to be born with dignity and love. Mary had the "love" part covered, but dignity?
Being born in a stable doesn't seem to be very dignified if you ask me. When I look at this story of the birth of Jesus,somehow it seems so wrong for a little one to have such a rude first look at our world.
No one can ever say that Jesus was born "with a silver spoon in His mouth." It was a lowly birth in a
stable for a baby who is worthy to be born in the finest palace that man had ever constructed. It sometimes makes me wonder why I demand so many luxuries, when the Creator of the Universe received so little when He arrived.
Have a great day and God bless!
Pastor Mike
