At a garage sale I found a nativity set in a beat-up cardboard box As I picked up the baby Jesus I noticed the finely sculpted details of the infant rsquo s body This newborn wasn rsquo t cocooned in a blanket with closed eyes mdash he was awake and partially unwrapped with outstretched arms open hands and fingers extended ldquo I rsquo m here rdquo he seemed to say The figurine illustrated the miracle of Christmas mdash that God sent his Son to earth in a human body As Jesus rsquo s infant body matured His little hands played
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