This Christmas season, I find myself reflecting even more deeply on the miracle of Jesus’ human birth.

The Lord of Hosts, who keeps company with the Angels, willingly comes to earth to join in the company of sinners. Jesus enters our world as an infant. He is born of a Virgin woman, in a stable, in extreme poverty. His first crib is a manger – literally a trough from which livestock feed. Jesus, who can ask the Father for more than twelve legions (or armies) of Angels (Matthew 26: 53), entrusts Himself to the care of human hands and hearts, becoming completely dependent upon the love of His Mother, Mary, and of His earthly father, Joseph.

Why does Jesus do this?

Do you ever feel concerned that even if you attend church regularly, you will not be able to live a Christian life? Do you worry that you are not worthy of God’s mercy and love, because of past sins?

I worry about these things. ♥ I think it is safe to say that any person who desires to know Jesus more deeply worries about these things.

But especially during the Christmas season, when I worry that my life and faith are not nearly enough for Jesus, I am grateful to gaze upon the baby Jesus in the Nativity. I am instantly assured of how much Jesus loves us. I am reminded that Jesus chooses to live among us – to meet us in the middle of our chaos and sinfulness – because He knows we need His very personal guidance to rise above our shortcomings and to live the life that God dreams for us.

“Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Luke 23: 34

Centuries after the Savior’s human birth, the Christmas season is a beautiful reminder of how much Jesus wants to love us, and to be loved by us. Jesus still lives humbly among us so that each of us may have the chance to know Him personally. He teaches us His just Commands so that we may begin to live good and eternal lives right now, here on earth. Jesus desires to tell and show us all these things so that His joy may be in us, and that our joy in Him may be complete. (John 15: 9-11)

Through the humble birth and life of Jesus, we gain a glimpse of how much the Father loves His Only Son, in that Jesus would choose to share that Love with us by dwelling among us – all of us, from the lowly shepherds to the wise Kings.

The Christmas season is a precious reminder that Jesus’ love for each one of us is as strong and true today as it was centuries ago.

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Hebrews 13: 8

Come, let us adore Him, oh Song that the Angels sing.