One evening in Jerusalem I looked out my hotel window and saw the lights of Bethlehem in the distance. I thought about the response of the innkeeper when Mary and Joseph wanted to find a room where the Child could be born. The innkeeper was not hostile; he was not opposed to them but his inn was crowded, his hands were full, and his mind was preoccupied: This is the answer that millions give today. It is the answer of preoccupation – not fierce opposition, not furious hatred, but unconcern about spiritual things. We are simply too preoccupied with other things to welcome Christ into our lives. Don’t let that happen to you!

- Billy Graham
9th December, Hope for Each Day