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Day 3 …and in all of this there were of course the ORDINARY PROBLEMS. It was TAX TIME, and if that weren’t enough, the census required each to return to their hometown. This meant Joseph and Mary would have to travel about 90 miles from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Which today, doesn’t sound like too much, but by foot or donkey, DURING THE LAST MONTH OF PREGNANCY…well, you can imagine Mary thinking, “God could this really be you?” No tax breaks, not even for the Messiah’s family. No travel plans. No place to stay. And of course, along with the inconvenience, there’s a little insecurity. After all, God left Mary to tell Joseph the news first. You can imagine Joseph feeling a little insecure. “God at work in the ordinary problems of inconvenience and insecurity.” Why does this holiest gift come in the midst of the ordinary? BECAUSE THIS GREAT DIVINE INVASION WASN’T TO FULFILL THE CRY OF THE SPECTATOR, FOR THE SPECTACULAR, BUT TO FULFILL THE CRY OF OUR OWN SUFFERING AND SIN, FOR A SAVIOR. The real cry, deep within our souls, in the very fabric of our existence, is ‘where is God in our suffering and sin?’ ONLY IN THE WONDER OF THIS SILENT BUT HOLY NIGHT COULD GOD USE THE ORDINARY TO SETTLE THE DILEMMA OF OUR SOULS. #247daily
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