Day 273 – Even when we feel out of place, we may be right where God wants us and needs us.
Today’s Reading: Mark 16 – Luke 2
Luke 2:7 “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.”
You would think God would want His Son to be born in a comfy bed where Mary could rest her head with Joseph coaching her through. Instead, Mary and Joseph find themselves on the road to register their family along with thousands of others for the king. They arrive in a small town with one stop light and not enough beds for the number of people visiting there. The innkeeper had no room for them, so they were given a stable and feeding trough to deliver the child they would call the Messiah.
This was definitely not comfortable and Mary probably felt completely out of place. She’d already been impregnated by the Holy Spirit with the Son of God, and no one had room for her to deliver this child?! Was this a bad dream? Yet shepherds out in the field had already heard about the Messiah’s birth and they were seeking the promised one. Mary didn’t hate her circumstances, and in actuality, stored up all these things in her heart.
Luke 2:19 “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.”
Like Mary we can often find ourselves in situations or periods of time where we just don’t feel like we fit in, God must’ve gotten this whole thing wrong! Maybe we feel like we didn’t pray enough or correctly. It’s in these times that God has a greater plan for us, and we find ourselves waiting for power to be restored, internet to come back on, cell service to normal. But God sees it in a different light as an opportunity to breathe in his fresh air through the open windows, a chance to meet our neighbors outside, giving us time to come together and enjoy the simpler things in life.
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