No Room in the Inn

Today, we arrive in Bethlehem with Mary and Joseph. We know how tired they must have been after that long, inconvenient journey. They needed rest, comfort, and, most importantly, a clean, safe place for the Messiah to be born.

But as the story goes, they found nothing.

Luke 2:7 (KJV) tells us the simple, shocking truth: "And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn."

I find that phrase, "no room for them in the inn," powerful because it wasn’t just a logistical problem; it was a profound spiritual statement.