Our three grandchildren are two years old and under. Babies and toddlers have tiny hands. And it is with great joy that we get to, at times, hold their tiny hands in ours. “So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem , because he was of the house and family line of David. He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” ( Luke 2:4-7) When Jesus became flesh and dwelt among us, he first entered the world as an infant. It would be reasonable for us to expect that Jesus, as a baby, would have had tiny hands. Since his earthly father was a carpenter, the cultural expectations at the time would have been for...