Jesus the Helpless Baby
The Christian story tells how God sent Jesus from heaven to save the world from sin and to help humans live together in peace. God’s Savior of the world came to Earth as a helpless baby. Throughout Jesus’ childhood he needed care; diaper changes, nursing, shelter, food, protection, guidance, education and work skills. This required his parents and community to constantly give to Jesus.
In the beginning Jesus had nothing to give the world but hope and inspiration for the future. In the beginning Jesus was as much of a burden and an obligation than a joy to the world. The hope and inspiration of Jesus translated to hard work for his parents and his community. They took on the responsibility to make this world a better place for Jesus.
The world Jesus was born into was then, like now, sometimes a cold, dark, miserable place to live. The only way any of us survive such a world is by receiving lots of help from family, friends, community and strangers. We all are born into this world as helpless naked babies. We all remain children of God as long as we live, requiring constant help from others. We all have an obligation, a responsibility to give of what we have to make this world a better place to live for all other children. We need to remember it is only by receiving that we have anything to give.
December 25, 2009
Mother Earth, Father Sky (The Birth of Curvism 1978)