Names, Names, Names

For the month of December we will be reading the gospel of Matthew.  The first thing we encounter in Matthew is a list of names.  The first chapter gives an account of the genealogy of Jesus.  Jesus had ancestors just like us!  That means Jesus also had family problems as well!  Since God came to live among us as one of us through Jesus, then that means Jesus can identify fully with whatever we may be going through in life -- including what it is like to live in the community of a family.  Question for us to ponder -- What am I contributing to my family today?