Welcome to Day 10 of our Strong & Courageous Christmas Countdown! We are getting SO close to Christmas now, and today’s story might seem like a tiny detail… but it carries one of the BIGGEST truths of Christmas.

Luke 2 tells us that when Mary and Joseph finally arrived in Bethlehem — tired, exhausted, and far from home — there was no room for them.

No room at the inn.

No extra space.

No warm bed.

No one saying, “Come in, we saved a spot for you.”

Every door was shut.

Every option was gone.

Every place they tried said “there’s no room.”

So the Savior of the world — the King of Kings — entered the world in the humblest place possible:

A stable.

A barn.

A place that smelled like animals and hay.

He wasn’t laid in a fancy crib.

He was placed in a manger — a feeding trough.

This wasn’t an accident.

This wasn’t a mistake.

This was God’s message to the world:

👉 “I show up in the places you least expect.

I come close to people who feel forgotten.”

Christmas teaches us this powerful truth:

God doesn’t wait for perfect moments, perfect people, or perfect settings. He meets us right in the middle of the ordinary… and even in the middle of the messy.

Maybe this Christmas you feel overlooked.

Maybe you feel like you don’t really fit.

Maybe things feel heavy, confusing, or not what you hoped for.

listen — Jesus gets it.

He started His life in a place that felt too small, too simple, too forgotten.

And He did that so you would know:

✨ There is no place too low for God to reach you.

✨ There is no situation too messy for God to step into.

✨ There is no heart too broken for God to make room in.

The world said, “There’s no room.”

But God said, “I’m coming anyway.”