Mistletoe and Stars

Thursday we learned about Mistletoe and other Christmas plants. To be honest it was kind of a boring lesson. But we did successfully hang Mistletoe in one of our doorways. We will choose use mistletoe as the decoration that symbolizes peace and love (like the Romans) not to ward off evil spirits (like the Pagans).

Today we studied the Star. This one is a little obvious so I wasn't sure how the lesson would go. I didn't know if it would entertain the girls or bore them silly.
*Side Note* It is always amazing how God can use the stories that we have heard 1000x and teach us something new each time.
The lesson talked about what this "star" actually was. If you have seen the Nativity Story you have seen one theory. The theory of planets aligning.


Another theory is a Supernova.

Chinese history actually has dated a Nova about 7bc. and this is yet another theory.


Last one I will mention is a comet. Possibly Haley's Comet.


What ever the "Real" explanation for the miraculous event is, it must have been amazing. Here, God (the maker of all) decides to send his only son as a precious crying little baby into this world. He sends him quietly into the arms of a humble servant. To raise him and love him.

I can just picture this in my mind:

God holding Jesus as a baby. Cradling him in his arms and whispering "Trust me". He gently lays him in the arms of Mary and whispers "Love Him". God steps back, slightly out of sight and begins to orchestrate the night. Cool winds cause Mary to hold Jesus close and Joseph holds them both. In the far off distance a King wants Jesus dead but God whispers "He it isn't time yet". God holds his hands over the stable to protect his son and his Earthly family. God quietly watches and foresees all that will come in his short stay on Earth. Healing, feeding, serving, loving, & dying. As God thinks through His son's life, He stands tall and proud. "My son will save them, if only they will choose Him. He will be the light of the world." God looks out and points (Kind of like a baseball player ready to hit a grand slam). And like nothing the world has ever seen or will see again, BAM! (Emeril just thought he coined that phrase) a new STAR is formed in the sky. He quietly steps back again, folds his arms and smiles. Like all proud Daddy's smile.


Hmmm! Just a thought. Maybe this can be a reminder as we step outside and look at the black sky that is speckled with stars. Let it remind us of "The Light of the World". And how we are called to be a light in the dark world in which we all live. No matter what scientist say, Nothing is by accident.

Matthew 2:1-2
1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."