It’s amazing how much fun a child can have playing ‘peek-a-boo’.
For an adult
The thing is though that the whole story
the ‘surprise’ of being hidden then appear- is full of surprises. It’s like God
ing quickly wears off, but a child has an playing ‘peek-a-boo’ with humanity. Even
amazing capacity for wonder. I suspect before then God loved a good surprise: that we’ve lost the wonder of the Christ- burning bushes that weren’t burning; the
writing literally on the wall; preg-
nancy in old age; talking donkeys long before
animated films.
Then God surprised Mary and
Joseph, and their baby surprised people by his knowledge of God
and by not sticking to his trade but setting of on a new path. He surprised mas story
because we’ve heard it
all before, at least if we’ve ever had
anything to do with church we have. Not only have we heard it, we’ve sung it and possibly even acted it out.
wedding hosts
by turning water into wine, blind
men by making them see, those who couldn’t walk were able to walk. He
healed the sick, showed affection to children and restored sinners.