Jewish Christmas

I was just referred to this great blog.  Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters.  Wow – what a wealth of information, btw.  But, my favorite is her view on Christmas.  She’s looking in on how the mainstream celebrates.  Why is it so kid centric?  The post definitely struck a chord with me.

http://stirrup-queens.blogspot.com/2007/11/christmas-this-jews-style.html

I’m not one of those kneel-by-the-bed-praying kind of Christians.  God’s my Dad and Jesus is my big brother.  We hang out.  So praying isn’t at set times of the day or in a set manner.  (mahnner, as Tina would say it.  And I hear it in my head!)  Usually it’s thoughts through out my day. 

That paragraph was just a precursor to my actual thought, sorry about the rambling.  Lately, I’ve been chatting with God, who is a parent.  And I ponder, ‘God, you wanted a son, kinda like I want a baby-girl-with-brown-hair.’  Mind you for different reasons, yours to bring salvation, mine to buy cute outfits at Gymboree.  ‘So, you understand, right?’  Do you think He does?  Or am I too simple?  Naive?

Don’t take me the wrong way — I think God is great.  I really like Him.  But, He’s also really BIG.  His thoughts are higher than our thoughts, sort of thing.  Like that lady at work with her first month – I felt bad.  Does God feel bad?  Can he relate to the infertile?  He did wait a long time to have ‘a baby’.  But when He wanted one He didn’t go through the pee-on-a-stick-wait-a-year-see-a-doctor-give-sperm-take-meds-inject-yourself-wait-wishin’-and-a-prayin’ route.  It was the angel-visit-the-virgin-pronounce-your-pregnancy route. 

I think I’d like an angel to visit me.  Not is such a ‘Messiah is coming’ way.  Maybe in a ‘Gymboree is having a sale’ way.

I don’t think God understands or knows what it’s like to be infertile.  But, I do like to think that He knows us as humans.  Whatever our pain, He feels bad for us.  Am I being too simple, again?