Dec 23 2008
Peaceful and Blessed Christmas to Everyone!
As this blog is relatively new, I don’t have that many readers yet. But to everyone who happens to read this, I wish a happy Christmas.
I hope that you find time to reflect on the actual reason for this time of celebration. It’s one of those things that we can fail to be amazed about only because we are so very, very used to hearing about it (and so we may cease to actually listen). It may take a quiet moment of reflection or a totally new point of view for one to get back the joy and astonishment that should accompany the idea of an infinite, almighty God’s becoming incarnate in the for or a tiny human baby. Actually, I can kind of sympathize with those who just find that whole story unbelievable. The story of Easter is, in a way, much more “natural” in the sense that assuming that Jesus truly was God incarnate, it becomes obvious that death could not have the last word over him. But the story of Christmas should be ultimately understood in light of Easter. The One who entered the world as a little baby would eventually bear the sins of the humankind on that cross. Once you realize the full implications of the Incarnation, your view of God (and perhaps also your view of humanity) won’t be the same again.
Again, a blessed Christmas to you.
“She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
(Matthew 1:21)
