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The Journey of Eternity

Luke 2:4-7 
4  So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.
5  He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
6  While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born,
7  and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Think about this, the plans of God are timeless, therefore eternal.  We live in time.  We order our lives around time.
Today, four years ago, my wife and I were surprised by the birth of three Grandchildren, all on this same day - Dec. 18.
Twins came to our Lindsay & Pete in England - Raewyn and Theo.
Our Chris and Sarah surprise us with a middle of the night phone call that Leo was born.
It was not a surprise that the three were coming, it was a surprise that all three came on the same day.

Time...we live by it, and we order our lives around it.

Doctor appointment - Wed. at 4:00
Oil Change - Friday at 9:00
Daily Blog - In the morning
Taxes - before April 15
Church - Sunday at 9:30
Christmas Eve Service - 7:30 pm, Dec. 24

We live by time, we complain about time - delays, waiting, late, early...etc.
The fact is Time is Not In Our Hands...It is God's.
Most of us have heard the saying, "You want to make God laugh, tell him your plans".

Our lives are lived with interruptions and hopefully they are good ones - like today's three grandchildren's birthdays.
But sometimes it's not.  There are those days, the time is interrupted, and something happens we were not ready for - not preparing for - not wanting.

Here is where our faith kicks in.  Do we believe that time is God's?
Can we focus our attention on God then?
Can we believe He is good, merciful, kind, gracious, loving and all-knowing?

Mary knew she was going to have a baby.  Joseph knew they were going to have a baby.  The innkeeper saw that she was going to have a baby.
God chooses this "time" and makes "holy" the time as His Son comes into the world of humans.

May God "interrupt" our times so that we might see Him over and over again.

Peace



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