They waited for Him for centuries, expecting a king, one of royal blood and royal birth.

What they got was a small baby in a manger.

They thought He would be a great leader, a man of military might and political power, a champion among men.

What they found was a humble carpenter’s son.

They thought He would take a seat among the elders at the gate.

Instead He walked with fishermen and ate with sinners.

They looked for Him among the religious elite, expecting Him to take His place with those whose outward display was by all measures perfect.

They did not find Him there.

They found him

in an unexpected place

among the undesirables

and those who’ve been disgraced;

he said he came

for sinners not for saints

and that they’d find him in

an unexpected place.

~Stephen Bautista

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