Every year we do this
Do you remember why?
Christ’s beloved friend John says,
In the beginning was the Word,
And the Word was with God,
And the word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through him,
and without him was not any thing made that was made.So what’s he doing here,
In a small town, in a manger,
Unknown, all but forgotten
With no earthly hope of importance?
In him was life
and the life was the light of men
The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it.Darkness does not get along with light.
It flees any light, and does not desire it.
Somehow darkness invaded the soul of men,
Nay, it was invited by man to live within him.
Why?
When the light is so beautiful and full of life?
Man thought he knew better
and sought knowledge
Knowledge of good and evil,
but not wisdom to know the difference
Knowledge without
guidance and discipline.
And isn’t that the rub?
No one likes being told
What to do,
what to believe,
what to think,
how to act
(unless he is the one telling, of course).
He was in the world
and the world was made through him
yet the world did not know him.
He came to his own,
and his own people did not receive him.
But to all who did receive him,
who believed in his name,
he gave the right to become children of God.
And the Word became flesh
and dwelt among us,
and we have seen his glory,
glory as of the only Son from the Father,
full of grace and truth.This is Jesus!
the Lamb of God,
who takes away the sin of the world!
Merry Christmas