Expectation? - what are the odds?

This week I am going to talk about the word expectation. Expectation was demonstrated in Mary and Joseph's trip to Bethlehem, they were expecting a baby. It was a bouncy ride. I can't imagine being pregnant and having to ride on a donkey. The distance from Nazareth to Bethlehem is about 70 miles. I wonder how many days it took Mary and Joseph to make the journey. The one thing we know is that when they got there she delivered Jesus.

Mary wrapped him in swaddling cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. This manger was simply a feeding trough." Amazingly,...