Merry Christmas!

This day, two thousand twenty five-ish years ago, Jesus was born in a manger, a place intended for animals, certainly not the first choice of lodging.

Mary gave birth far from family and Joseph, young and inexperienced, did the best he could. Both persevered and bravely delivered the Christ-child into this world.

Revelation 19 describes a book of life where names are recorded of those who will spend eternity with the Lord. John 1 tells how in the beginning was the Word, referring to Jesus with the Father at creation.

In between, a child arrived in Bethlehem, fulfilling creation and taking names for the book of life. Present at the beginning, made flesh in the middle, and closing the book at the end.

Alpha and Omega born this day.

Photo by Walter Chávez