Have you tried looking in a manger?
In a manger God is found. In a feed box in a dirty and
deserted place our Creator, Savior and very best Friend waits for us. It’s the
last place we would think to look. The last place we would search for a King,
but here is where we find Him and in finding Him we find our true selves.
Where is the manger in our life? Where is the place we are
overlooking our Lord? Are we like the people of Bethlehem who had no clue what was
happening in their midst? Are we so busy with things that are important today
but not so much tomorrow, that we fail to see God revealing Himself to us no
more than a stone’s throw away? Miracles are all around us but I think we often
overlook them. We see a filthy barn and smell the stench of manure. In our mind
the family standing here must have planned poorly to be in such a desolate situation.
We don’t recognize God’s hand in all of this … awkwardly reaching out of a trough
that cows and sheep continue to eat out of. His hand beckons to us to come be part of the
miracle and experience the peace of God with us, but we are blinded by what we
think we know.
How fitting it is that we find our Daily Bread in a manger
meant to feed animals … creatures so unworthy of such a gift. Just as animals
find life and nourishment in the food they eat from the manger, so to do we
find sustenance, meaning and eternal life by the heavenly food we find laying
here. Come be nourished by Love Himself. Look in the manger.
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