Three King's Day

Some time ago, in my Spiritual walk, I learned, that even though it makes for a complete Nativity, there is no scriptural evidence that the Wisemen where actually in Bethlehem the night the Lord was born. As a matter of truth, there is no evidence that there were only three of them either. Tradition has held there were three because of the three gifts mentioned in the story, yet Psalms 72 suggests more. Tradition also holds, in the Catholic Church, that there was a period of twelve days between the birth in Bethlehem and the arrival of the kings. Today is recognized within that arm of the Christian faith as Three King's Day, to remember their journey eastward and arrival to see the Lord and present Him with frankincense, gold and myrrh. As such, my family recognizes and celebrates this moment in Biblical History.

Now, we are not of the Catholic denomination. We don't hold to Christ actually being born on December 25th, so we don't recognize January 6th as the "actual"date the kings/wisemen arrived. What we recognize is His birth and the visitation by the guests from the west and their presentation of the three gifts.

The boys both have a small wooden chest I bought some years ago at Michaels and today they both receive three addition gifts to finish the Christmas season. They are usually better quality gifts than they received twelve days ago, but they ALL THREE must fit inside the wooden chest. There are no written guidelines for how to celebrate today. That's just the way my husband and I agreed it would be when we began this aspect of our faith. The way I see it ..... it's another moment to 1. Recognize and celebrate the life of our Lord 2. Teach the boys what the Bible actually says 3. Bless and gift our kids. Although, I don't need an organized reason to do any of these things. Today is fun!

Next season, it is my goal to add in the bonus of exchanging small gifts everyday between my husband and I for the twelve days leading up to Three King's Day. We haven't been financially able to add that in yet, but we will.

Happy Three King's Day!

Walking through the Bible,

Kalena