God could have...
God could have arrived as a zealot, ready to take on the Romans who held the country under the heel of their boot. God could have arrived as a rabbi with many years of training, ready to confront the religious leaders. God could have arrived as a leader, ready to summon the people to follow him. But God didn’t. God chose instead the danger of pregnancy and childbirth, in a time when many babies and mothers died. God chose to be held in the arms of first time parents and their extended family. God relied completely on them all to feed him, clothe him and keep him warm. God chose a poor family from a poor village, where resources were scarce. With the limited time that Jesus walked on earth, he could have spent much more of it as an adult. Think of how many more miracles he could have done if he’d lived longer. Think of how much more he could have said and done. But God chose to enter this world as a baby. God didn’t skip the baby phase or the childhood phase. God went through puberty!