Well today just because I can I want to share with you a couple of pictures, one that I took and one that is much better than the one that I took of the same thing.
The first is this whooping great big church the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain and the other is a small part of the building, I took the second picture when we had five days in Barcelona, it’s a stone carving . Antonio Gaudi was the architect behind this grand building. Work started on the basilica 1882 and it is planned to be finished in 2032. Gaudi is famous for his art and architecture but also for say “My client is in no hurry.” As he believed that God had all the time in the world.
So, the second picture: a simple nativity scene Jesus at the centre, Joseph and Mary. I like how the donkey is entering the scene, sort of photo bombing.
At this time of the year Jesus is at the centre. But without the love of his parents for one another Mary would have been a single parent, without Mary’s love for God and willingness to put her reputation and at that time life on the line so that Jesus could be born our history would not be what it is. Jesus is the central character in history and in our lives showing God’s love, so that we can be in relationship with God and no longer under his wrath and condemnation for our own wrong doing.