The Mangy Kid Who Saved Us

Posted by Precious on 12/25/09 • Categorized as my faith

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.

Baby Jesus was born and laid in a manger because there was no room for them at the inn. Isn’t that cute? Instead of being born in a hospital or a hotel room, he was probably surrounded by horses and chickens and cute little lambs that look like cotton balls with legs.

Did the animals poke their noses at him to sniff, I wonder? I would have wanted to know what a baby smelt like.

A friend who reads this blog ( Hi!!!) told me she did not permit anyone to carry her daughter from the time of her birth until she was 2 years old to avoid germs. Which led me to think – I wonder what kind of germs there are in a manger. Were there animal viruses similar to Bird Flu virus and H1N1 virus? Did Joseph and Mary not know that there are germs? Would you have permitted your newborn baby to be laid in a manger? No?

It is hard to fathom then, just how lowly an all powerful and all sovereign God permitted His Beloved Son to go – not only to go all the way down to earth to be born as a human being but to also live through such humble circumstances. All because people have sinned against Him and need a savior.