The Time Came
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"He went there to register with Mary who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there the time came for the baby to be born."
Luke 2:5-6
I am sure this is not the way Mary pictured it. Expecting a child did not mean expecting to ride for days on a donkey, leaving behind family and friends, delivering in a stable. Many of us have expectations at Christmas. And few Christmases live up to our expectations. Was Mary doubting when she gave birth? Certainly this was not how the Son of God should be brought into the world. Maybe she had got it all wrong? But hope was coming... a sign from God... an assurance that God's plans were still being fulfilled. But for tonight she would live with the doubt. May we have courage to wait through the doubt, seeking the light of that one star that might show us the way to hope.
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