The other morning I woke up still thinking about Christmas and all the events surrounding it and was struck by something else. We have sooooo many perspectives on how Jesus’ birth! We have hundreds of prophesies telling of his coming throughout the generations preceding his arrival. There is the lead up, Mary, Elizbaeth, Joseph, Angels, Wise men keeping an eye out, two different gospels sharing the story, world events, you name it, but all were playing a part in bringing all the events together, in exactly the right time, place and situation that we can look back. We have a double blessing too, as we read back through the bible telling of the account of Jesus’ birth. While, yes, it was a hugely important event, we can see just how perfectly God out everything in place that would bring glory back to him. I love that the bible spends so much time looking at all the different and amazing details that go to make this such an extraordinary event! What amazing love and care he had then and now, for the people who were there, and since then, that we can look back on the events and celebrate the birth of Jesus, and praise God for his perfect timing. He can do it then, and still does now, and we can see how he does it each of our lives now! What an amazing God we have!
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