“I would give Jesus a lot of money, a big sheep and a balloon that reads, ‘It’s a boy!’” says Perry, age 11.
Perry, I don’t know about balloons, but I suspect there were more than a few trumpets blown in heaven when Jesus was born. At least one angel couldn’t contain his joy. “I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people,” the angel announced to some shepherds.
“If I had been one of the wise men, I would have brought a pillow and blanket because Jesus might have been cold,” says Jordan, 6.
The wonder of Christmas lies in the humility of the Savior’s birth. An unsanitary barn would not be the first choice of any mother bringing her child into the world. Jesus, the Lord of the universe, had to stoop very low to enter our world through this door. Is God telling us something more than the fact that there was no room for Joseph and Mary in the inn?
God goes where He is wanted. “You will see it all through Scripture,” writes Pastor Joe McKeever. “‘When you enter a city,’ Jesus told His disciples, ‘whoever does not receive you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet.’” They ...
