Blessings and grace this Christmas morning…I was reading the “other” Christmas story in the gospel of John…He became flesh and dwelt among us…He came into the world but to those He came, they did not recognize Him…but to all of us who believe…we have the right and power to become the children of God…oh the grace and truth…and love of the savior…
God was so gracious to us in sending His Son into the lowly town of Bethlehem, in a stable, in a manger. The communion of the eternal relationship between the Father and Son and Holy Spirit was changed that morning. Christ took on flesh and became one of us. He felt the pains of humanness and ultimately the pain of separation on the cross. The mystery of this eternal communion between the Godhead can be ours too, though we see dimly now. We can behold the glory of God because of Jesus. Amen
Scott for Wellspring © copyright 2008
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. 6 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe.8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God– 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
