On this Christmas Eve, I think back to the story of the birth of Jesus and realize that on this day many years ago, Mary must have been in labor, her body preparing for childbirth. Her pituitary was signaling to her body that it was time by producing oxytocin, and her uterine muscles responded contracting and dilating her cervix to allow her infant passage into this world.
As we prepare for the birth of hope into the world once again, how do you need to prepare your body for its arrival?