Make Room

The message of Christmas is also a question for Christians.  How do they make space within themselves for God to come into the world through them?  In the Bible God came into the world, according to the Bible, in many different ways throughout the history of the world as seen by the people in the Bible.  For Christians, God came uniquely through a human person.  So, if you say you are a Christian then God wants to come into the world, your daily world, through you.  How might this happen.  I would look at the original experience of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.  How did she make space for God to be born, or Incarnated, through her?  She gave up control.  This is a meaning of the words, "Be it done unto me according to your word."  So you might say, "OK.  I will do that and things will go well.  Life won't be so chaotic."  Wrong.  Mary does not get to have the birth take place among family in her familiar surroundings.  She has to go to Bethlehem, and a stable or cave.  This is most unfamiliar.  It could be frightening and bring about whining and anger...unless she had let go of control.  Then she gets visited by pagan star-gazers...that is, strange people, foreigners.  Then she has to flee to Egypt, become a refugee in another country.  No wonder God is so hard to find in this world...it is full of baptized believers who are trying to get their way and control the world around them, to limit their fears and anxieties.  Each day we wake up pregnant with God.  Each day is a due date.  Will God be born into the world through you today, in your little world of relationships, work, bucket lists?