This scene rather amused me when I saw it in church the other day. The three kings done in! How might the story have ended? They could have been slaughtered by Herod for stirring the pot. Today, Herod might have sent the military to Bethlehem to capture his rival or deal with these strange visitors threatening him.
Or maybe we can read the scene differently. Maybe the magi need a sleep after all that travelling and excitement. They had an angel warn them in a dream not to return to Herod, so they must have had a sleep.
Whatever, how the story ends is up to us. What we do with it is up to us. The church is here to remind people of the story. After Christmas it’s okay to be exhausted! Don’t rush into January too quickly. Rest in where the journey has taken us before rushing on. Even Mary and Joseph must have needed to switch off after everything they went through. I noticed in a nativity scene also in church the other day both of them had toppled over!
I don’t blame them.
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