The miracle of a child

Anyone who has held their newborn child in their arms knows that time, when nothing else is of any account,  when the miracle of new life is our total focus, when we become aware of the awesome continuity of it all.

As any parent knows the journey through the pregnancy is one of hope, joy, worry, optimism, struggle, expectation and fear. In a way the birth becomes such a focal point that we can’t see past that day, everything is building up to the delivery almost as if time beyond that point doesn’t exist.

But, of course, it does, and far from being a destination the new birth becomes just the start of such a change in our lives, inconceivable before; such a turning point, that you look back and hardly recognize yourself before.

The birth of any child is momentous and precious, the birth of this child is of cosmic and timeless significance.

And how infinitely more so with the coming of Jesus, a source of joy and hope not only to his parents and family, but soon to be a source of new hope to a world in desperate need. A tiny baby that grew up to be the most significant human being who has ever lived.