“And when I was
born, I began to breathe the common air, and fell upon the kindred earth, and
my first sound was a cry, like that of all. I was nursed with care in
swaddling cloths. For no king has had a different beginning of existence;
there is for all mankind one entrance into life, and a common departure.
Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me; I called upon God, and the
spirit of wisdom came to me. I preferred her to scepters and thrones, and I
accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her. Neither did I liken to
her any priceless gem, because all gold is but a little sand in her sight, and
silver will be accounted as clay before her. I loved her more than health
and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light...”
This passage
referencing “swaddling cloths” may be less familiar to you than the one found
in Luke. While you may have envisioned Jesus speaking these words, these
are the words of Solomon, the first son of David, found in the Apocrypha
(Wisdom of Solomon 7). And while Solomon was certainly known to be a
great king, both wise and humble; his birth was but a glimpse of the birth that
would follow. The son of David. Wise. Humble. The Son of God.
My Savior.
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