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Mary gave birth to her firstborn, a son. He was wrapped in cloths and placed in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
Luke chapter 2 verses 6 to 7
Joseph took Mary as his wife, but they did not fully come together as a couple until after Mary had given birth to the baby - a son. Joseph gave him the name 'Jesus'.
Matthew chapter 1 verse 25
Incredibly in the news from war torn places like Gaza or Ukraine we get reports of babies born - of new life amidst the adversity. Painfully we have watched as famine was allowed to play out in places like Gaza, cruelly stealing new life away.
We might ask 'where is God' in these desperate situations? Is God ignoring this suffering, turning a blind eye?
The Christmas story suggests an answer: in the dangerous make-shift circumstances after a long tiring journey ... Jesus is born.
In impossible circumstances where humanly speaking there is no hope or way forward, the Christian message is that God is not ignoring the pain or the suffering. Whatever you are facing in Lubbesthorpe, or your friends, relatives, or people of your country wherever they are ... God is not ignoring the situation.
Dear God - reach into the most desperate places today, and give birth to hope
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