He Sent a Baby

He sent a baby.Didn't see that coming.Oh, we knew He would send something, or someone.And it was going to be awesome...And terrible. Truth be told, we deserved "terrible" more than "awesome."For thousands of years we gave lip serviceAnd not much else.We worshiped ourselves, did our own thing.We hoped for a king who would destroy our enemiesWhile overlooking the fact that our sins were just like theirs.But sending a baby?What was He thinking?We wanted a sword swingingCurse flingingDoom bringingKing on a big horse.We got a babyBorn to a not quite married girlIn a nowhere townIn a shabby room.Maybe we weren't the only ones who didn't see that coming.The devil didn't seem ready for it either.I mean, none of it really makes sense.Baby, nowhere's-ville, father goes absentTwelve unemployed guys as his posseReligious people opposing himNailed to a tree, naked, humiliatedRight in front of his motherAWOL from the tomb a few days later.He came as a baby.One of us.Walked with us.Ate with us.Loved us.Told us to do what he did.And then he told us we're good. He can boogie now.And so he did.Straight up.What a story.Not what we were expecting.But exactly what we needed.That baby was God and King and Savior.Who knew?Not me.Didn't see it coming.Thought He come with fire and all cheesed off.We deserved no less than hell.He gave us heaven.That baby. Wow.He was more than a baby.Glory to God in the highest.Peace on earth.