Today, we celebrate the day the Son of God embarked on thirty-some years of suffering and sorrow as a human, knowing that every day brought him closer to the cross. Divinity met with humanity not in spite of suffering, but with the intent to suffer, and thereby to one day eradicate suffering altogether.

Today may be wonderful. Today may be beautiful and filled with light and snuggly feelings. But your life is broken - in some way or another - and whether you remember the brokenness today or not, it will be there tomorrow. Christ did not come to obscure the brokenness for a little while. He confronts the brokenness, binds it up, and one day will remove it altogether.

Don't be content with vague ideas of a cute baby being born in a snuggly-warm stable scene with a darling cradle full of hay and an angelic donkey looking benevolently on. Remember the infant, but know that he is not still an infant. He lived, he suffered, he died, and he lived again. Remember the throne, and know that he is on the throne, ruling on your behalf with love, having known every pain and shame and borne it all perfectly for your sake.

Remember the birth, the fragile life, the death, and the unshakeable victory in the life he lives now, having put sin and death under his feet.

Such is the one who loves you.

Merry Christmas. ^.^

1 Comment

1. Anonymous on December 25, 2009 at 1:15 PM

   Merry Christmas.
   
   And thanks. Gotta keep an eye on the important things