Logistics
From Nazareth to Bethlehem is quite a trip by foot
And to avoid Samaria adds extra to the route.
You’re talking some 180 miles, of dusty mountain track
Think of the poor donkey and the load upon it’s back.
It’s going to take two weeks at least and water weighs a ton
As well as that you have to have the food for everyone!
Shops are few and far between so you have to take it all
And they only had one donkey as far as I recall!
So all the pictures you have seen of Mary riding by
Seems to me unlikely, I cannot tell a lie!
So think of Mary plodding on for every weary mile
Nearly nine months pregnant, it must have been a trial!
Never mind the need she’d have for frequent nature calls
Sneaking off behind the trees is something that appals!
Sure Joseph can support her with an arm to lean upon
But he cannot carry her when all her strength has gone.
They’d go by easy stages with frequent stops to rest
Maybe they could manage ten miles a day at best!
And yet you hear us moaning if the train’s a little late,
And walking for a mile or two we think a dreadful fate!
God give us the fortitude to deal with life’s ordeals
And ever make us thankful for the fact that we’ve got
wheels!
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