Prayer for teens

Father,

Luke 2 says she wrapped Jesus in cloths and laid Him in a manger. I have heard that story so many times. Help it land for me again.

Not the polished version. The gritty one. A tired couple. A stable. Animals. No plan. And You chose that place to come in.

You are not afraid of mess. Whatever my Christmas looks like tomorrow, Your presence does not need a clean stage. Come in anyway.

The manger was a feed trough. That is where You placed Your own Son. You are that comfortable with mess.

My Christmas does not have to be presentable. You came for the unpresentable parts.

Amen.