Two from Galilee

I just finished reading the book "Two From Galilee" by Marjorie Holmes. I read this book many years ago and have decided I will read it again every year at Christmas time. Not only does it tell the beautiful Christmas story, but it also describes the difficulties faced by Mary and Joseph as they traveled to Bethlehem and prepared for the birth of the baby Jesus. "No room in the inn," they were told. Surely God would provide a place for His son to be born. Surely the baby would not be born in a lowly stable. Surely God would not require the same pains of birth for His son. Surely that which began as a miracle would end in a miracle. Surely angels would lift her up and spare her the agony of birth. 'But, alas, he came forth out of Mary, his mother, and Joseph held him up for her to see. And they looked upon him together and marveled at him, his wholeness, infinitely small and red and perfectly formed. And when he squirmed in Joseph's arms and uttered his first cry, the thrill of all mankind ran through both of them, for this was life, human life, and they knew that indeed a miracle had been achieved.'

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2: 11