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**Daily Devotional**
[Mary] brought forth her firstborn Son, . . . and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. ?Luke 2:7
As a young girl in the late 1920s, Grace Ditmanson Adams often traveled with her missionary parents through inland China. Later, she wrote about those trips and the crowded places where they stayed overnight?village inns full of people coughing, sneezing, and smoking, while babies cried and children complained. Her family put their bedrolls on board-covered trestles in a large room with everyone else.
One snowy night, they arrived at an inn to find it packed full. The innkeeper expressed his regret, then paused and said, ?Follow me.? He led them to a side room used to store straw and farm equipment. There they slept in a quiet place of their own.
After that, whenever Grace read that Mary ?brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn? (Luke 2:7), she saw the event differently. While some described the innkeeper as an example of uncaring, sinful mankind who rejected the Savior, Grace said, ?I truly believe that Almighty God used the innkeeper as the arranger for a healthier place than the crowded inn?a place of privacy.?
Through eyes of faith, we see God?s provision for Mary. Look for the ways He provides for you. ? David C. McCasland
Wait on the Lord from day to day,
Strength He provides in His own way;
There?s no need for worry, no need to fear,
He is our God who is always near. ?Fortna
Those who let God provide will be satisfied.