Thursday, December 14, 2023

Baby Jesus

 The angels left their perches on the stars and swarmed Bethlehem with their horns and crystal voices, making magic with their wings. The animals mooed and baaed and lowed. Baby Jesus reached out to pet them as children often do. The humble shepherds came, the ones whose job it is to care. The Three Kings were a different story. They were a bit intimidating to Baby Jesus. They brought him gold, frankincense and myrrh, and all he wanted was a teddy bear and a rattle. The innkeeper did bring blankets and keep the warm fire going.

The dream talker encouraged them to pack up and make the arduous trip to Egypt. In those days people listened to their dreams. Imagine a new mother and baby making a trip like that on a donkey.
Once they were there, Joseph took on odd jobs in carpentry and Mary made flatbread and sold it from their home. Jesus taught himself to read, studied the Bible and played joyfully with the Egyptian neighbor kids. He liked them a lot.
When reports came that Herod had died of liver and kidney failure, the family returned to settle in Nazareth.
You know the rest.

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