Pat quoted:
 
<<Away in a manger no  crib for a bed...
The little Lord Jesus asleep in the  hay.">>


 
I'm sure he was only there while  Mary went to the bathroom, and Joseph was 
off making her a Vegmite  sandwich.
 
I'm quite certain that Jesus was  born in a manger, and there he stayed with 
Mary and Joseph.  Mangers are  BIG deals, not the little shrimpy things you 
see in modern creche scenes.   I'm quite certain Mary didn't give birth on the 
stable floor, but in a  manger.  And I'm also quite certain that the best 
midwife Bethlehem had to  offer was there to assist, along with her mother, a 
couple of sisters, and the  innkeeper's wife.
 
And he woke up, but didn't cry  because he was in the manger, snuggled at 
Mary's breast.
 
Y'gotta see the whole  picture....
 
We do have a "manger" scene in our  house.  The "manger" is in the attic of 
the stable, and Jesus is held in  Mary's arms where he belongs.  When I get 
really talented I'm going to make  a teeny tiny sling for him because if the 
table where the stable is gets bumped,  Jesus has a tendency to fall out of her 
arms.  
 
Isn't any mother I know that would  spend her time with her arms in the air 
in any case.  She'd be way too busy  hushing the lowing cattle while the 
innkeeper's wife would be apologizing for  the poor quarters and sweeping out the 
stable.




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(")_(") Jan Barger -- who would dearly  love the chance to preach on HER 
rendition of the Christmas birth story....all  very theologically sound, I'll have 
you know.

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