by | December 21, 2018 · 10:45 am

Preparing for Jesus

2018_12 21 Inn keepers

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  1. mindful webworker's avatar mindful webworker
    December 21, 2018 at 5:33 pm

    The top poster is sweet (and van Goghy), but the caption seems to imply criticism of that mean ol’ Innkeeper.

    …I’ve decided we’ve given him a bad rap down through the centuries. I’ve pictured a big, burly, pompous, rich guy booming, “There is no room!” Somehow I’ve thought there really was a room back there somewhere and he just didn’t offer it. But really—the man was an innkeeper. That was his business. If there was a room, wouldn’t he have booked it?

    In actuality, he did make room. It wasn’t the nicest place – a stable can’t replace a firm mattress, clean sheets, and an Andes mint on the pillow – but it was shelter. The innkeeper offered what he had available.…

    —LauraMac, Cross My Heart Ministry

    Mensch 👼

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