Unimaginable

I'm a sucker for camp fires, waves and Christmas lights, I could watch them forever.  It's that time again...lights on, blanket over the knees, coffee in hand...it's Christmas time.

A friend of mine recently passed away from cancer.  He was a normal sort of a guy...kind, friendly, interesting and outgoing.  He was a  computer person and a fine coach of wrestling.  At his funeral, I sat and listened to people talk about him.  I didn't really catch much about his main focus in life...his teaching career and coaching prowess.  What I heard about most was his love of a certain breed of cow.  From what I could understand, he had become the chief guy in charge of maintaining and promoting this unique strain of cattle.  People from all over the Midwest were there remembering this man, not because of his cancer or his lively hood but because of his hobby.

Jesus was born of a virgin.  Why would God do that?  Why cause such speculation?  Why put Mary and Joseph in such an awkward situation?  Why not do the "norm" and have Jesus be born royalty, be nice to everybody, take over the world and have everyone live happily ever after?

God took a couple of nice poor folk, created a miracle, developed a pregnancy and made the impossible...a Savior.  This whole Savior thing, it happened not by Jesus learning Joseph's trade and building a kingdom, or by Mary teaching Jesus how to cook fabulous meals and than Jesus feeding the world.  This happened through Mary and Joseph because they followed the unimaginable path set before them by the creator of the world. 

What's on your horizon?  Do you think that special love, maybe your winsome character or your perplexing invention is of no consequence?  Who knows, God may be preparing your quirksome interest to lead lost hearts to a lowly manger cradling eternal life.

My friend loved cows...big deal.  God used that passion to change peoples lives all over the Midwest...incredible!

Joseph and Mary...they were poor and now outcasts because of a pregnancy scandal...so what! Bingo, a Savior was born!

Have you crossed out your Xmas?  Maybe theoretically the X doesn't matter but for some reason it makes me nervous.  I'm going to put in the extra effort, nix the X, keep Christ in Christmas and watch for the unimaginable.