"Have you ever wondered what we might see if we could pull back the curtain of time to that very First Christmas?" "If we could" "I imagine the story began in Heaven something like this." "God was looking over Heaven's balcony one day shaking His head at all the wrong things." "people were doing down on Earth." "this isn't quite what I had in mind when I created earth –" "– I feel so far away from my kids down there." "Why?" "It's just hard to be friends with people when you don't like what they're doing." "I think it's time." "Lord?" "Time for us to step in." "Lord?" "Teach them a lesson?" "I don't think we should send an army." "Maybe just one person." "One person?" "Brilliant!" "They won't be expecting that." "Lord if you're sending just one person it'll have to be someone very powerful and very strong 'cause there's tons of people down there." "they don't have to be strong." "They'll be going as a new-born baby." "A new-born baby?" "Brilliant!" "They won't be expecting that!" "this plan is rather risky." "A new-born human baby is small and weak." "This baby must be born to people who will protect Him –" "– maybe a Great Ruler or a Mighty King?" "I was thinking I could send Him to a peasant girl whose heart is beautiful and full of courage." "A peasant girl?" "Brilliant!" "They won't be expecting that." "I see You are planning to take Earth by surprise." "No-one will be expecting a new-born baby born to a humble villager." "But what good can a baby do?" "This will not be just any baby;" "I'm sending in the Prince of Heaven in disguise." "The Prince of Heaven?" "Our Prince?" "Your Son?" "Brilliant!" "They won't be expecting that." "Lord!" "This is too risky!" "Sending the Prince in disguise as a tiny baby born not to Kings but to humble villagers?" "Surely our Prince cannot be born in a cottage." "He must be born in a Palace!" "You're right; he shouldn't be born in a cottage." "Whew!" "He'll be born in a stable!" "A stable?" "Surrounded by animals?" "?" "Filled with hay?" "Filled with poop?" "Brilliant!" "They won't be expecting that." "Lord?" "How will all the people know He's there?" "What if they don't notice?" "Those who are looking will find Him and His mission will bring all people closer to me even if they do something really wrong." "When the Prince is done nothing will get between them and my love." "Can we leave some clues for the people looking?" "Like in the stars?" "Clues in the Stars?" "why not." "We can make one huge one that points to Him." "Can we sing for Him?" "can we sing?" "Sing to welcome Him?" "Please say we can sing!" "God looked at their hopeful faces and His heart was touched by their love for the Prince." "you can sing." "Yay!" "But not in front of the whole world that would just be weird." "And no Kings or Rulers." "How about if we sing for some shepherds?" "That's a lonely job." "Those blokes could do with some cheering up." "Brilliant!" "They won't be expecting that." "You know the rest of the story." "An Angel visited a humble girl with a courageous heart and told her the Good News;" "she would have a baby and He will be the Prince of Heaven who would help Earth to be close to God again." "the baby was born in a stable –" "– about as far from a Palace as you could get." "A group of Wise Men noticed some strange clues in the stars." "They packed their belongings and followed the Star right to a baby." "of course a bunch of lonely Shepherds were guarding their sheep when all of a sudden the sky was lit up by thousands of angels singing." "Nobody would ever expect that."