“A Babe is born in Bethlehem” was the angel’s joyful news.
“He’s lying in a manger!”….
This was the important clue.
All other Bethlehem babies were ignored,
There would be only one who would be the Lord.
They would know Him when their search would show
a Baby lying in a manger.
They found Him! The Christ-Child lying on the straw.
and here they knelt and worshiped.
Their Savior had come! The shepherds were in awe.
This was the setting God had chose
to make His entrance to our earth.
No palace crib nor princely nursery;
just animals watching on His birth day.
So we could understand His love
the Eternal God left Heaven’s glories above,
enduring that filthy lowly stable,
humbling Himself. What could be stranger?
It was His love for you and me that brought Him
to a manger.
His birth in a stable announced in a dramatic way
that He’d come to be accessible to all –
every man and woman on this earthly ball.
Amazing! Just to have Almighty God become so small!
Could He have said, “I love you” any clearer?
All this He conveyed by simply being found…….
lying in a manger!
By Doris Stensland – December, 2010