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doesn't have the gloves I planned to buy for
grandma. A toddler slips, falls and cries.
What was that first Advent like for Mary and
Joseph? Were they hanging handmade Christmas
decorations while humming holiday tunes? No.
Mary sat uncomfortably on a donkey as they trav-
eled 90 miles for a government census. In Beth-
lehem, they did not pose for photos with stylish
friends. On a dark, cold night, Joseph knocked on
door after door as his bride prepared to give birth.
They were not in control. God is in control.
"O come, O come, Emmanuel!" He did come.
He is here. He is with us at the Christmas pag-
eant and in the rushed vacuuming before a hol-
iday party. Don't curate your Advent. Walk with
Mary and Joseph. Walk with the Christ child,
"God with us." ⊲
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