Friday, December 11

Little Baby Jesus

A couple weeks ago, my pal Kristin posted about this book her family was going through for Advent. Being the strange, mentally connected freaks that we are, Victoria and I ordered them (separately) on the same day using our Amazon Prime membership... I'm starting to think we are the same person. 11'4" of the same person.

So, Sol and I have enjoyed reading it together on the nights where I am still awake when he gets home (confession: we're about 5 days behind). So far, what has touched me the most has been thinking about Jesus as a baby.

Having a baby makes me think about so many things differently. When I want to punch the crazy 8th graders in my classroom, I stop and think about Finley being a crazy 8th grader, and I remember that they are somebody's little baby. And most of the time, I don't punch them. (Kidding! I never punch 8th graders. Only 7th graders. Ha! Another kidding! I'm hilarious.)

But seriously, when I think about God sending his Son into this world to save us, it makes me wonder if I could take my only son and send him somewhere foreign, knowing full well how much abuse he would have to endure. I don't think I could do it. It fills me with awe to think of how greatly God loves us and how much he was willing to sacrifice to redeem us. It's a good thing that God is more loving than me.

And now I will leave you with someone else who likes Baby Jesus, as well.

As my friend Rhonda always says, Jesus is the reason for the season. Don't forget it.

6 comments:

  1. The baby Jesus prayer is my favorite part of that movie! Baby Jesus is a good one, after spending a week with kids, I wonder what 5 yr old Jesus would have been like. I bet he wouldn't have argued and fought with a brother.

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  2. good little post, rachel! have fun with my family this weekend!

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  3. Amen to that! What a blessing we have in Jesus.
    I love reading your blog!
    Oh and as you may have already noticed, my blog has not been updated in 2 years...sad. We may reenter the blog world though...

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  4. funny--i ordered the book to after reading the blog.

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  5. Stine-- did you see I picked out the clean version? What about 8th grade Jesus? I bet he would do his homework.

    Lauren-- thanks for sharing them! Want to run the Pittsburgh Half? May 2?

    Michelle-- start it back up! So fun!

    Carrie-- weird. We are 1 brain in 3 bodies then. See you TOMORROW!

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  6. That's funny. I wrote your Christmas card a few days ago, and I might have included my favorite phrase:) Baby J tis the reason!

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