Is there
room in your heart for Jesus this Christmas?
There was no
room at the inn for his earthly parents, Mary and Joseph. No room for the baby to be born. No room for the baby Jesus to lie down and
sleep in a cot on his first day on earth; just a manger full of straw.
Is there
room in your heart for Jesus this Christmas?
There was
room in the heart of Mary! There was
room in the heart of a young Jewish woman, who agreed to carry the Son of God,
risking her reputation, risking jeering and accusations; perhaps risking her
very life. There was room in Mary’s
heart that enabled her to make the long and arduous journey to Bethlehem where
the Messiah had to be born. There was
room in Mary’s heart to ponder and treasure the visit of the shepherds.
Is there
room in your heart for Jesus this Christmas?
There was
room in the heart of Joseph. There was
room in the heart of a Jewish man who believed the woman he was engaged to had
been unfaithful to him. There was room
in his heart to listen to the message of the angel who told him, “Joseph, Son
of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived
in her is from the Holy Spirit.” There
was room in Joseph’s heart to take care of Mary and to help raise the Son of
God, protecting him until he was old enough to protect himself.
Is there
room in your heart for Jesus this Christmas?
There was
room in the hearts of the shepherds.
There was room in their hearts to listen to the message of the angels
that the Son of God had been born in Bethlehem.
There was room in their hearts to
risk possible rejection because many saw them as outcasts, the lowest in
society. There was room in their hearts
to meet the infant Jesus and to praise and glorify God for all that they had
seen.
Is there
room in your heart for Jesus this Christmas?
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