Wednesday, December 4, 2019

BOB Good morning! This is Bob Peden of Central, A United Methodist Community here in downtown Meridian. It is only 20 days until Christmas in case you haven't noticed this morning. I am sure you are deep into decorating, buying and wrapping presents, baking all kinds of treats, and planning your travels for the holidays. There was a young couple many years ago who also were planning for a trip at Christmas time. They had to find dependable transportation, buy and wrap up traveling clothes for themselves, prepare food for their journey, and map their route; and they had one other complicating factor. They were expecting their first child and chances were the child would be delivered while they were away on their journey. You see, 20 days before Jesus was born, Mary and Joseph were making their plans for the very first Christmas. Reading the gospels of Matthew and Luke you get a clear idea that things did not work out just as they planned, but we know now that that first Christmas was just perfect. I pray that this year you will have that kind of perfect Christmas, too.