11th December. A Room with Animals in it
The people Mary and Joseph were staying with in Bethlehem had a full to bursting house, “the Bible tells us that “there was no guest room available” (Luke 2:7b) and then gives us a clue, “she laid him in a manger” (Luke 2:7a) that Mary and Joseph were given space where the animals were kept. In those days, poorer families often kept their animals in a room in their house (you can call it a stable but it was most likely in the house) and that is probably where Mary and Joseph stayed., which is what our picture illustrates today.
