GOD WITH US

In Matthew's birth narrative there are no angels singing in the sky to peaceful shepherds in a field. No halos sitting over Mary’s head. This is not the sanitized nativity scene we see all over this time of year. This is messy, chaotic, awkward, and hard. This is real life, and it involves difficult decisions, destroyed reputations, rumors, and hardship. Jesus did not come into a sanitized nativity scene. Rather,Jesus came into this very messy, chaotic, awkward, hard world—through ordinary people called to extraordinary things.