It has been said the best thing about Christianity is that no one could have guessed it! That the Omnipotent became an embryo, the Infinite an infant, the Almighty, a tiny child nursing at his mother's breast, is more than our small minds can comprehend. So the biggest challenge of Christmas is not busyness but belief. Will we let our mundane minds dance with mystery? Will the wonder of it all take precedent over the weariness of it all? Will the good news of great joy that Christ the Savior is born leap from the lines of our Christmas cards into the lineage of our lives? Ah, these are the questions of Christmas.

The story never gets more mysterious than here in Luke's gospel where the angel, Gabriel, pays a visit to Mary. Come let us marvel in the mystery of the manger.

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