John 1:1-14
John’s Christmas Gospel is a powerful, penetrating theological statement about the mystery which is Christmas.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth...From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.”
What ever else we do with these words, we cannot miss the presence of the words grace and truth at the center of it all. However we try to understand what John is trying to say, we cannot dodge these two words and their impact on our lives and our living.
The Word is full of grace, which gives us hope beyond hope.
The Word is full of truth, which challenges us to believe the impossible dream.
And the TRUTH is, God is love.
And the GRACE is, that God’s love is for all.
As we enter a new year - a year which holds the possibility of dramatic changes in how things are, both individually and collectively, let us take these two words with us to guide our actions and to encourage us to live Christmas every day of the year.
For the mystery of Christmas is more than that it happened. The mystery is that it still happens! As the Word (Christ) becomes flesh and dwells through us in our world,
our call and challenge is, in the words of the Prophet Micah to “do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God.”
Lets make America not great again but good again. Maybe even better then it has ever been in “liberty and justice for ALL!”
Prayer thought for the week: “ Lord, give me courage to live your Word of truth and grace in all I do, say, and am. Keep me humble and use me in your Kingdom on earth.
Amen
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