--- title: "7 Bethlehem Quotes By Max Lucado" description: "7 Bethlehem quotes by Max Lucado. Plus more from Max Lucado and more Bethlehem sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/max-lucado-190_animal_maybe-your-life-resembles-a-bethlehem-st_169802.jpg" --- > [Maybe your life resembles a Bethlehem stable. Crude in some spots, smelly in others. Not much glamour. Not always neat. People in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/maybe-your-life-resembles-a-bethlehem-stable-crude-in-some-spots/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/max-lucado-190_animal_maybe-your-life-resembles-a-bethlehem-st_169802.jpg) > [Because of Bethlehem, I have a friend in heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/because-of-bethlehem-i-have-a-friend-in-heaven/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/max-lucado-190_bethlehem_because-of-bethlehem-i-have-a-friend-in_516372.jpg) > [Bethlehem was just the beginning. I call Jesus Christ's next appearance, Bethlehem, Act 2. No silent night this time, however. The skies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/bethlehem-was-just-the-beginning-i-call-jesus-christ-s-next/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/max-lucado-190_appearance_bethlehem-was-just-the-beginning-i-call_822110.jpg) > [You wonder if God has a place for a person like you. Find your answer in the Bethlehem stable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/you-wonder-if-god-has-a-place-for-a-person-like-you-find-your-answer/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/max-lucado-190_answers_you-wonder-if-god-has-a-place-for-a-pers_1356265.jpg) > [Does God understand you? Find the answer in Bethlehem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/does-god-understand-you-find-the-answer-in-bethlehem/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a34/max-lucado-190_answers_does-god-understand-you-find-the-answer_2043766.jpg) > [God has a timeline. And because of Bethlehem, we have an idea where we stand on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/god-has-a-timeline-and-because-of-bethlehem-we-have-an-idea-where-we/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cf/max-lucado-190_bethlehem_god-has-a-timeline-and-because-of-bethle_3042284.jpg) > [Look at the Bethlehem birth. A king ordered a census. Joseph was forced to travel. Mary, as round as a ladybug, bounced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/look-at-the-bethlehem-birth-a-king-ordered-a-census-joseph-was-forced/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/max-lucado-190_bethlehem_look-at-the-bethlehem-birth-a-king-order_3080102.jpg) ## Other authors on Bethlehem ## More by Max Lucado > [I really enjoy making people laugh; I've discovered that's a great technique. That's as powerful as stirring their sorrow, stirring their compassion, because that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-really-enjoy-making-people-laugh-i-ve-discovered-that-s-a-great/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [When we look at the love of Christ, we make a wonderful discovery. Love is more a decision than an emotion! Christ-like love applauds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/when-we-look-at-the-love-of-christ-we-make-a-wonderful-discovery-love/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change your baby's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/you-will-be-at-your-best-forever-even-now-you-have-good-moments/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [“Ageing. We laugh about it, and we groan about it. We resist it, but we cant't stop it. And with the chuckles and wrinkles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/ageing-we-laugh-about-it-and-we-groan-about-it-we-resist-it-but-we/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [“You’ve already learned, haven’t you, that a promise made is not always a promise kept? Just because someone is called your dad, that doesn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/you-ve-already-learned-haven-t-you-that-a-promise-made-is-not-always/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [God is near whether you sense His presence or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/god-is-near-whether-you-sense-his-presence-or-not/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [If you're feeling pain, express that to the Lord. If you're feeling worried, express those worries. One passage that gives me comfort is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/if-you-re-feeling-pain-express-that-to-the-lord-if-you-re-feeling/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [The church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve; don't seek to be seen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/the-church-is-never-a-place-to-show-off-do-your-good-deeds-quietly/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [If there are a thousand steps between us and God, He will take all but one. He will leave the final one for us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/if-there-are-a-thousand-steps-between-us-and-god-he-will-take-all-but/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [God's love never ceases. Never... God doesn't love us less if we fail or more if we succeed. God's love never ceases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/god-s-love-never-ceases-never-god-doesn-t-love-us-less-if-we-fail-or/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [Are you on the eve of change? Embrace it. Accept it. Don't resist it. Change is not only a part of life, change is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/are-you-on-the-eve-of-change-embrace-it-accept-it-don-t-resist-it/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [There's no limit to God's love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/there-s-no-limit-to-god-s-love/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/god-will-use-whatever-he-wants-to-display-his-glory-heavens-and-stars/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [Whether or not storms come, we can not choose. But where we stare during a storm, that we can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/whether-or-not-storms-come-we-can-not-choose-but-where-we-stare/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [Write today's worries in sand. Chisel yesterday's victories in stone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/write-today-s-worries-in-sand-chisel-yesterday-s-victories-in-stone/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bethlehem/max-lucado/#itemlist", "name": "7 Bethlehem Quotes By Max Lucado", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe your life resembles a Bethlehem stable. Crude in some spots, smelly in others. Not much glamour. Not always neat. People in your circle remind you of stable animals: grazing like sheep, stubborn like donkeys, and that cow in the corner looks a lot like the fellow next door. You, like Joseph, knocked on the innkeeper's door. But you were too late. Or too old, sick, dull, damaged, poor, or peculiar. 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