Christmas Eve, December 24, 2020
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And the Word became flesh and lived among us… - John 1:14
Advent Lighting – Light the Christ Candle
God is with us. God came to be among us. Our Emmanuel is here.
Even now, even here, though we are displaced from the time of his birth, we are reminded that these ancient words have great meaning. The One who was, and is, and is to come, the ever-loving God who created and is creating is revealed to us, most precisely, and most preciously in the babe born in Bethlehem.
When John says the Word become flesh, he isn’t simply saying that the Word was an ambassador of heaven, but that the Word is fully God, was there at the beginning, and will be long after the end. It was the fullness of God that loved us so much that he became flesh to create a personal connection between the human and he diving, grounded in a loving grace that would meet us where we are.
The grace made evident in the word made flesh is a grace that is willing to live out the human experience, to show us a more perfect way, to interact with the problems and difficulties of our world, and help to know more fully the love God has for us. Grace that gives us a light that blots out the darkness we see in this world, blots out the darkness found in our own hearts and calls us to follow in Christ love in all that we say and do. This love humbles us, and in humility we bow before a baby in a manger, and rise to reflect the true light of love to those around us, bringing peace, joy, and hope to those around us.
Merry Christmas! May Christ’s light shine in you!
Grace & Peace,
Sam