Away in a manger is one of my favorite Christmas songs. Why was Jesus born in a manger? Because of over crowding in Bethlehem? No room in the inn?? No. He was born in a manger because God planned it that way. Paul tells us that He emptied Himself...not of His divinity but His glory...to become one of us...to experience every thing we experience...to remain sinless...so that He could be our Passover lamb...so that by believing in Him we could be saved. Away in a manger was God’s plan. Amen.