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When the word, not the world, becomes the majority of your week, your life will start to change.

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Hey, welcome to the Daily Drive. Hope that you're having a great holiday season. Maybe you're getting

to have a break from school for a while, or perhaps you've got some

vacation time saved up and you're able to, you know, break the normal routine. Or maybe you're

right back at it. Or maybe because your circumstances right now, you really haven't been able to

enjoy this time like other people. Wherever you are and whatever is going on in your life,

know that there really is joy because the Lord has come

to be with us. You know, I can't imagine how much tension and stress surrounded the birth of Jesus.

I heard about a young dad who was just flying in his car trying to get his wife to the hospital

before he was afraid she might give birth in the front seat. Panicked, he calls the hospital,

give him a heads up, so I'm bringing my wife in right now. Please be ready. I'm driving as fast as I

can. I'm on my way. And a calm nurse says with a smile in her voice, well, sir, you need to slow down

and you need to calm down. Is this her first baby? He says, no, this is her husband.

It'll magnify his stress by a thousand, and you got the birth of Jesus.

We talked about that scene in previous episodes, but in the midst of all that craziness.

It says this in Luke chapter 2, verse 19.

But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

She just said, this is a moment. This is a moment I never want to forget. You know, there's that Christmas song that asked the question, Mary, did you know? I think she did. Not all the details,

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