4th Week of Advent
The wait is almost over, but not quite yet. We still have more gifts to buy!
It’s Advent. The manger is empty. Mary is looking into the empty manger, waiting obediently for the coming of her Saviour, who saved her from before her birth. She is too humble to bother with why. She just waits, like any expectant mother, for the time when the crib will comfort her glorious Son. When she can hold him close, supporting his small head and neck because His neck is still too weak to hold His head up. He’s Christ, Emmanuel, but He’s coming to us as a child, weak, human, needing the support of His loving mother and the care of Joseph, who has agreed to care for this special Child who is coming to the world.