All kinds of circumstances may accompany the arrival of a newborn, but in any case this one thing is true: when the baby comes, your life is never the same. On the one hand, you'll have to clear away the spaces in your surroundings (and your heart) which were once filled up with other things; on the other, you'll have to narrow your options, not to mention refocus your whole way of thinking, to accommodate a different and bigger future. This week as we look at the account of the first Christmas, you may find yourself both astounded and challenged by the personal choices that the arrival of this newborn--the Word of Life--will press you to make. These are the ways of God made clear, and an opportunity to make room for Him right in the middle of your circumstance.