It's a birthday!

Tomorrow is Jesus' birthday (possibly not the real date but we don't really know), yesterday was Jack's birthday (also possibly not the real date as his parents were given the choice of 23rd or 24 th because he was born on the stroke of midnight).

Tomorrow we will celebrate Jesus' birthday with gifts and a big meal.

Yesterday we celebrated Jack's birthday with gifts and a big meal.

Jesus spent a lot of time with his friends.

Jack spends a lot of time with his friends.

It really feels good having Jesus in my family as well as Jack!

When Jesus was born the Bible say that Mary 'pondered' upon that which had gone on: angels, shepherds, stables and the like. We have no record of her thoughts but that she took time to think.

When Jack was born he was the third child (a fourth was to follow). We took care of him as any parent would, we wanted the best for him. That takes a lot of 'pondering' for any parent. The balance of aspiration and reality.

These days we are so proud of who Jack is. His character and personality are warm and friendly, he make friends easily, he is good company, he has great taste in music, he is a phenomenal drummer. Some of those things we thought about a long time ago - some we didn't.

I can't help but wonder what thoughts were in Mary's mind as she held that baby in a borrowed shed...

Maybe I should spend more time myself wondering about her baby as well as mine...