Luke 2:20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
Today I have no wise revelations, no poignant insight. The shepherds saw the baby Jesus and rejoiced. Mary and Joseph circumcised the baby, named Him, and presented Him, consecrated Him to the Lord as any new Jewish parents of the time would. It’s pretty ordinary.
Luke 2:21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.
But isn’t that the bulk of life? Pretty ordinary? But Jesus is right there in the middle of it. Today is my last day of break. Monday begins a new semester for students. There are things I could do, should do, and want to do. Entirely ordinary. But Jesus is right here in the middle of it, too. I tend to forget that.
Luke 222 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord:
Precious Savior, Thank You for always being there for me, in the ordinary and the extraordinary of life. Forgive me when I get so caught up in my ordinary, routine life that I forget that You are still right there with me. Help me to value each day as the gift that it is. Amen.
Luke 2:23-24 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”), and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”
Have a blessed day.