The Moment Between

I’ve been thinking a lot about this moment we skip over in biblical narratives. The child is born and suddenly we have visitors… for years. But as a parent, those aren’t the moments of feeling most present. And I would hope that presence was part of the gift of bringing God into the world as a baby.

I like to think there was a moment of rest for Mary, of wonder for Joseph at this thing suddenly made real, and that the animals behaved exactly as the accompanying friends they so often are- a comfort.

Took a moment to try to put it to digital paper in the image below.