{"id":1924,"date":"2018-12-12T16:45:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T22:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2019-01-22T19:48:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T01:48:02","slug":"the-baby-jesus-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2018\/12\/12\/the-baby-jesus-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Baby Jesus Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At Christmas time our kids used to love to play with the nativity set. No, not the fancy white porcelain one. That one was safe on a ledge out of reach. I mean the everyday nativity set with the brown barn and multicolored figures.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, with all that use, we lost a fair amount of pieces over the years. Most of the time a missing piece wasn\u2019t that big a deal. After all, do we really know how many wise men there were? And a shepherd looked a lot like Joseph anyway right?<\/p>\n

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The Baby Jesus Crisis<\/h1>\n

However, when baby Jesus went missing (which happened on more than one occasion)? Now that was a real crisis. You can\u2019t really have a Christmas story without baby Jesus. Do you know how hard it is to find an infant-in-a-manger figurine just the right size for our old but beloved nativity set?<\/p>\n

When I set out our ragtag collection of figurines this year, I remembered the baby Jesus crisis. How could I forget? Our current baby Jesus is a little oversized compared to the other pieces.<\/p>\n

Y\u2019all \u00a0know where I am going with this, right?<\/p>\n

As you celebrate Christmas this year, don\u2019t lose baby Jesus. He is the pivotal piece in this story. Every day, make time–and take time–to connect with Him. Even\u2014especially–if it means doing a few less things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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