Christmas - I Don't Understand.....

Christmas is here! Jesus is born ! Like all of you I am filled with joy because of this Holy Birth. But there are some things that I do not understand.

• Why does God love us so much that He would send His only Son to earth?
• Why did he come to be born unknown and in poverty being born in a place where animals were housed?
• Why would a young Jewish girl risk being stoned as an adulterer by returning from an out of town visit three months pregnant? 
• Why was the Holy Birth first announced to shepherds in the field? They were looked down upon because their jobs kept them out of the temple.
• Why didn't He simply appear on a cloud of glory with the heavenly host at His side?  He could have appeared in His Glory and could have converted the world in a split second.

I think the answers to all of my questions is Love.  God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are complete love.  Things happened the way they did so that we could make up our own mind and choose to become a member of the Household of God or if we wanted to, we could ignore Him and the gifts He brought for us.  That is true Love.  God gives us the power to accept or reject Him. When you think of it is an awesome power. But He entrusts us with that power because He wants us to be happy. 

On this Christmas day I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. To those that are lonely, to those who are estranged from their family, to those who have lost a loved one, this day is for you too!  Rejoice for the march to victory has begun today with the Birth of The Great King who began  life as poor child with no place to lay is head except in a manger.