DAILY?READINGS: Nehemiah 13; Zechariah 9-10; Revelation 17
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7
A “Stranger” to this world was born and laid in a manger. There was no one to welcome Him, only His virgin mother and Joseph. No one cared, not even the innkeeper. Edersheim wrote, “Beyond the announcement of the bare fact, the Holy Scriptures, with indescribable appropriateness and delicacy, draws a veil over that most sacred mystery.” We know so little, but we rejoice in the mystery that, God in human likeness entered this world for one purpose; to redeem sinners like ourselves. —Jim Comte
Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning;
Jesus, to Thee be all glory given;
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing.—J. F. Wade