Christmas Story

Something ordinary was going on in Bethlehem A woman was giving birth to her first child – a son – she is young, she has made a long journey, and she is far from home • now she caresses and nurtures this new life – I wonder if she is holding on to her awareness of the supernatural presence • or is she preoccupied with exhaustion, busyness, and the ordinariness of it all? • has she momentarily forgotten the angel and what he said? ◦ I wonder if she could use a reminder right about now?