This Christmas season what comes most frequently to my mind is the manner in which God chooses to start his work here on earth - with nothing! Absolutely nothing! First of all, as a little helpless baby. That too in a foreign land. With not even a proper shelter. Born in a poor family with only the father working as a carpenter. No riches, no fame, no inheritance. Perhaps the only claim to fame was that he was of the line of David! But that too, the lineage going so far back that it might as well have been upto Adam. Even if it was of importance, the claim to belong to King David's family offered no rewards or freebies.
However, the only thing of great importance to him was he had good and loving parents. At least that he was not deprived of. Considering the number of children born to broken and shattered families or living in horrific conditions lacking love, affection and the least of concern, Jesus did not have to suffer a childhood.
In spite of "lacking" so much, riding on hardly a couple of beneficial factors, Jesus goes on to make a mark in the history of the world and specifically on human beings. Compared to his initial available resources, most of us, for sure we religious, have plenty!
However, the only thing of great importance to him was he had good and loving parents. At least that he was not deprived of. Considering the number of children born to broken and shattered families or living in horrific conditions lacking love, affection and the least of concern, Jesus did not have to suffer a childhood.
In spite of "lacking" so much, riding on hardly a couple of beneficial factors, Jesus goes on to make a mark in the history of the world and specifically on human beings. Compared to his initial available resources, most of us, for sure we religious, have plenty!
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