Luke 2:1-7: "While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child." (v. 6)

"When is the baby coming?" Every expectant parent who ever lived has asked that question, but the answer is always the same. Babies come when they feel like coming! Sometimes they come early, as if they can’t wait to get out on their own. Sometimes they come late, as if they had heard the evening news too many times while lying in their mother’s womb and decided they are better off where they are. Modern medicine confidently gives the parents what it calls a "due date," but that is about as pretentious as meteorologists making promises for the weather. For all our sophisticated tests and predictions, babies never come at the precise time and place of the parents’ (or the doctor’s) choosing.

I have hea…