Ridiculous. An Advent Reflection.

Having a baby in October has been a significant part of my Advent practice this year. 

We sing a lot about how peaceful the baby Jesus was. This I doubt. 

We sing a lot about how the night was silent. Seriously? Childbirth is a lot of things, but silent is not one of them.

It would be difficult to say that babies bring peace. There's so much crying. So many late nights. So much crying late at night. Some may have you believe that babies are peaceful while they're sleeping. That's true, but it's not true for very long. They only sleep a couple of hours at at time. Then they start screaming again. 

Peace? My toe.

Yet, YHWH brought peace through a baby. For those of us who are close enough to little babies and have not yet repressed our memories, this is entirely unexpected…ridiculous even. 

Are we ready for the unexpected? Have we prepared the way for the ridiculous? 

The little cries of this little one bring peace. 

Ridiculous.