Angel’s House is all decorated for Christmas. 🎄 The girls are truly so excited, and we are always so blessed at Christmas to give them what many of them refer to as the best Christmas they have ever had. But we still walk into this season gently. This was our devotional tonight: A Christmas for Anyone Who Isn’t Home “And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.” — Luke 2:7 Look around right now. The tree is up. The lights are on. The nativities are out. It looks like Christmas. But maybe for you, it doesn’t completely feel like Christmas — because this isn’t the house you pictured spending it in. Maybe you’re thinking about a different home, a different family, a different life than the one you’re living this year. If that’s you, then this story is more yours than you might think. Because Jesus spent His first Christmas away from home, too. Mary and Joseph didn’t live in Bethlehem. They had to travel there because the government ordered a census, and by the time they arrived, there was no guest room left for them. So the Son of God was born in the space that was available — not the space anybody would have chosen — and laid in a manger, a borrowed bed in a borrowed place. His first visitors weren’t family. They were shepherds, strangers who showed up because God sent them. So here is the truth of Christmas for anyone who isn’t home this year: home is not only the place you came from, and it’s not only a place you’re waiting to get to. God is able to meet you in the place you are now — in this house, with these people, in this season of your life — and He does not consider it second-best. He chose a manger on purpose. He is not embarrassed by your address. You are not forgotten, and you are not on hold until your “real life” starts. This is your life, God is in it, and there is room for you at this table.