KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

Baca: Luke 2:1-7

and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. (Luke 2:7)

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Bacaan tahunan: 2 Peter 1-3

Tego confused. Sutinah, his wife, will soon give birth. Due to the weak condition Sutinah, village midwives refer him to a nearby hospital that has public health insurance program. Once there, Sutinah rejected for all inpatient rooms to be full. Tego did not dare bring Sutinah to private hospitals because can not afford to pay, but also can not bear to see her in pain. With a hopeful step, he walked down every aisle hospital, hoping no one who forgot to empty beds recorded by hospital personnel in order Sutinah can be helped.

Hopefully step it may also be experienced when Joseph arriving in Bethlehem trying to find places to stay, because she wanted to maternity. Perhaps there is indeed no place in the inn that they attended. There may also exist, but not for them. Or is there, but the owner did not bother seeing the condition of Mary's pregnancy. The author of Luke did not explain further than that in the end she gave birth to a boy wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger, because there is no room for them in the inn.

This time, the "door" that knock again. Not the inn door, but "the door of the heart" we, because that's where Jesus wants to "birth". It is better to take the time to check the liver. Lest our hearts by the various affairs so crowded there was no room for Jesus. Or if there is, the empty space in our hearts already earmarked for other things. Or, we are too busy to simply open our hearts to the Birth of the Savior. Knock! Knock! Knock! - SL

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HOW MANY PLACES IN OUR HEARTS? HAS JESUS OCCUPIES THE MAIN PART?

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