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Isaiah 9:6
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

A child will be born to us...to US! The maker of the stars was now growing in the belly of a teen ager. He was tiny. He was fragile. He was dependant on Mary to feed him, dress him, clean him. He became a baby.

"Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."

"Sing out with joy for the brave little boy who was God and made himself nothing. For he gave up his pride and he came here to die like a man"

My maker came through the birth canal. Coughed up amniotic fluid. Let out a cry as he used his lungs for the first time. As Mary wrapped him up He settled into his first night of existance in a smelly stable. Two tired parents. Some cows, a few sheep, some chickens and a goat.

Today, just 6 days before Christmas, celebrate the baby and his example of humbling himself. Praise him for the gift he gave.

Merry Christmas!