crowds of people
traveling back to their home town
things to do
arrangements to make
our frantic Christmas season
same as the first
I don't know anyone
who would travel like that
with a mother expectant
why was Marry there
was it not safe at home
perhaps those who thought
Joseph should have divorced her, punished her
would make it so
if she did not journey as well
did some of then make it Bethlehem first
talking of Joseph and his 'bride'
and what should be done
and so there was no room at the inn
The manger was a safe place
simple, dirty but safe
Is that why they were still in Bethlehem
two years later?
Even in the days of Cesar Augustus
it did not take two years to be counted
the Prince of Peace has been entering
dark and painful situations from the beginning
my entry in our advent journal.
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