Every year, we come to this point, and every year, it's a miracle unfolding before us. A baby, fragile and vulnerable, entering a world of poverty and danger, all of it woven together to help us see the breadth of the love of God. You'd never write the story this way -- you'd have the Prince of Peace coming into a castle, with a throne inlaid with gold waiting him, but that's not the way the story goes. If Jesus came into wealth and power, only the wealth would understand him. Instead, Jesus comes in poverty, and we see dependence and need, and the entire world looks upon him and can identify. We're all in need.
So let us come to the manger and peer in with anxious hearts, ready to be comforted, trusting in the God who comes to us in mysteries, in riches, in love. May we come this Christmas and hear the story again, and as it comforts our weary hearts, may we be enrobed in light and love and encouraged once more to love the world with the same selfless love with which God loves us.
Merry Christmas!!
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