“They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger.”

One thing I know for sure is that there won’t be a shortage of TV commercials during this holiday season that will feature children, from babies to awkward growing pre-teens.  There is a lot of power and attention that gets given to children and especially to the voice of a child. Look no further than the adorable AT&T “It’s Not Complicated” series.  It’s almost like we can’t not watch when these come on the TV.  And we can bet safely that there will be more to come and that advertisers will use every angle with kids to pull on our heartstrings this season. Might be something to consider!

The same will be happening in churches all across the country as children sing Christmas hymns and we will see the love of Jesus through the innocence and genuineness of a child.  Why didn’t God just send Jesus to us as a teenager or adult?  God knows that we wonder in the birth of a child and that only the most hardened can’t see that only God can give us the creation of a human being.  Jesus came to us as a child and then challenged us to never lose the heart and mind of a child so that we can be open to all that He wants to do in our lives.  Have we lost the spirit of the Child?  Have we lost the voice of the Child? Let’s take this coming weekend and see if we can’t recapture some of that wonder and bring it back to work with us on Monday.

Reference: Luke 2:16 (New Living Translation)