Luke 2:12 “a sign . . . a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger”
You need to let God wrap you in spiritual bands of cloth, embracing you like a mammy wrapping her precious child—knowing you are God’s only begotten, divine Child.
Swaddling cloths were wound snugly around the baby as a simulation of the womb that had nurtured the infant for nine months. Interestingly, the use of swaddling cloths has become a modern phenomenon as health care professionals recognize the benefits of keeping the infant bound in bands of cloth.
Think of yourself as a child; imagine yourself as infant, wrapped snugly in bands of cloth—similar to a mummy, your whole body wrapped—not too tightly but firmly enough that you feel safe and secure.
We have the responsibility of wrapping our new being in spiritual swaddling cloths. Our new being comes to us as fragile and tender as a newborn—and needs special care—spiritual swaddling cloths of care. We are both the new being and the one who has experienced the birthing pains. Our swaddling cloths will need to take the form of whatever special care we recognize that we need which requires us to be attentive in a concentrated way. Attentive to what will best serve the protection and care of our new little one.
When we find ourselves wrapping our God babe in swaddling clothes we show proof of our new birth.
Ann Glover O'Dell 