At Christmastime, we bring out the nativity sets to decorate our homes and we talk about Jesus as a baby . . . but do we really grasp the idea of what that looked like in that time and culture? Not to mention the fact that God humbled Himself to become human. On this episode of God Hears Her, Elisa and Eryn talk about the story of Jesus, focusing on the reality of His conception, birth, and being a baby. They also focus on what it meant for His mother Mary and how this birth changed everything then, just like it does today. Join us.

 

Notes and Quotes:

• “The God of the universe scrunched Himself into the womb of a woman and began to grow.”
• “He’s my protector. He’s my guide, my guardian . . . and so for me to imagine Him in a fragile state is just kind of a weird concept in my mind.”
• The purpose of women during the New Testament period was to have babies.
• “30–35% of newborns didn’t survive their first month [in New Testament times].” 
• “Why are we so uncomfortable imagining God to be weak, or being fragile as a child?”
• “We are so black and white that we only see God as a baby, or as the resurrected Christ.”
• “Anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” Luke 18:17 NIV
• “We have the tendency to be so self-aware, but not Christ-aware.”
• “His expression of vulnerability begins in the womb and at birth and as baby Jesus. And then we watch His public ministry when truly He is God and He could speak a word and blow fire over all of the naysayers. But He instead humbles Himself to death on a cross.”

 

Scripture: 

John 1:14

Matthew 1:23

Luke 1:39-45

Philippians 2:5

 

Links/Books/Resources Mentioned in Show: 

• God Hears Her website: https://www.godhearsher.org/
• Subscribe on iTunes!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast
• Order God Sees Her: 365 Devotions for Women by Women on Amazon.
• Get your copy of God Hears Her: A Joyful Christmas: https://www.godhearsher.org/joyfulchristmas
• Listen to the series When God Was a Child on Discover the Word: https://discovertheword.org/series/when-god-was-a-child/
• Elisa’s Instagram: @elisamorganauthor
• Eryn’s Instagram: @eryneddy