Welcome to Day 10 of our Strong & Courageous Christmas Countdown! We are getting SO close to Christmas now, and today’s story might seem like a tiny detail… but it carries one of the BIGGEST truths of Christmas.

Luke 2 tells us that when Mary and Joseph finally arrived in Bethlehem — tired, exhausted, and far from home — there was no room for them.

No room at the inn.

No extra space.

No warm bed.

No one saying, “Come in, we saved a spot for you.”

Every door was shut.

Every option was gone.

Every place they tried said “there’s no room.”

So the Savior of the world — the King of Kings — entered the world in the humblest place possible:

A stable.

A barn.

A place that smelled like animals and hay.

He wasn’t laid in a fancy crib.

He was placed in a manger — a feedin ...