DAILY READINGS: 1 Kings 17; Jeremiah 29; Philemon
And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger. Luke 2:34a
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. Mark 15:46
At both His birth and His burial, loving hands tenderly wrapped Jesus' body—a poor woman of Bethlehem, in strips of cloth and a rich man of Arimathaea, in clean linen cloth. Humiliation marks both scenes, as does a sense of wonder. The Lord of glory found in an animal feeding trough. The Prince of life found in a stone tomb. Will we ever be able to fathom the steps He took in becoming our Saviour?—Pete Smith
For Thou didst leave Thy throne above, to teach us that our God is Love;
There we with joy Thy grace behold; its height and depth can ne’er be told!—Believer's Handbook, 217