The REASON for the SEASON

What appeared to be a DISASTER turned into a MIRACLE!  The story begins in what seemed to be the darkest of nights:

A husband and wife were traveling to a distant city.  It was getting very late, so they knew they needed to find shelter for the night.  They went from inn to inn--but there were NO VACANCIES!

The wife was pregnant--and her labor had begun.  Soon she would give birth.  What were they to do?  As they desperately pounded at the door of the last inn, the innkeeper told them "there is NO ROOM!"  All he could offer them was the stable out behind the inn.

The stable was dirty and it was OCCUPIED--crammed full of smelly barn animals!  No cushy beds or clean sheets available...only straw to lay on...only a manger to cradle a newborn.  But it was in this humble setting that the Christ child was born.

No doubt that when the baby breathed its first breath or let out its first cry, a new STAR appeared in the sky.  It shown brighter than any other star.  It was so bright that it caught the attention of lowly shepherds, who were watching over their sheep, on the hillsides.

No family, relatives, or friends came to see the newborn baby.  Only the shepherds came to gather 'round to celebrate the birth.  Then came a special messenger angel to deliver the BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT!

What had seemed to have been "the worst of times" was miraculously transformed into "the best of times!"  God's only Son had come to dwell among us!

JOY to the world....
         the Lord has come! 
                Oh come--let us adore Him! 

[See:  Luke Chapter 2]