No room in the Inn

So I always sorta felt bad for Mary that when she and Joseph arrived at the Inn there was no room for them, so they had to stay in the stable. But after a fresh look at the story, at least there was a stable to go to and they weren't sent home.

We have had quite the hospital saga. Today we called at 7am and they said they were full and that they would call back at 9. At 12:15 they called and said they had a room. So we got there and they were cleaning our room. But by the time they were done cleaning our room, some one else had taken it. I understand that people in active labor get priority, but it seems like they could have told us that the room had been taken, instead of having us wait around for an hour and then only telling us because we kept asking them about it. They said that another room should open up within the next 2 hours and we could wait around for that. Luckily we decided not to wait around because here we are 3.5 hours later at home waiting for their call. I don't really trust their time estimates. The only thing I can think of is that God has some sort of plan for this labor because otherwise the events of this week would just be too bizarre. So hopefully in a couple of days (or months) we can look back at this whole situation and finally understand what God has been up to. Until then, I guess we wait...