Something ordinary was going on in Bethlehem

A woman was giving birth to her first child – a son

– she is young, she has made a long journey, and she is far from home

• now she caresses and nurtures this new life

– I wonder if she is holding on to her awareness of the supernatural presence

• or is she preoccupied with exhaustion, busyness, and the ordinariness of it all?

• has she momentarily forgotten the angel and what he said?

◦ I wonder if she could use a reminder right about now?