Christmas is often wrapped in cheer, nostalgia, and expectation—but for many, it is also wrapped in grief. In this Blue Christmas sermon, we hear the surprising good news that the God born in Bethlehem is not a happy-go-lucky God, but a trustworthy one. Drawing on the funeral commendation, the promises of Isaiah, and the mystery of the incarnation, this sermon proclaims that the same God to whom we entrust our dead is the God who lies in the manger. In Jesus Christ, God does not avoid our sorrow but is born into it, takes it upon himself, and proves—through cross and resurrection—that he can be trusted with our lives, our grief, and even our death.