1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life,[a] and the life was the light of all people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
14 And 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. 15 (John testified to him and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’”) 16 From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.
Where in the world is God? The day we stop asking this question is the day we are in trouble. For we are always discovering God; we never have God all figured out. Faith is an adventure of discovery, with God revealed in the process.
The answer to our question is: God is hidden in the most unexpected places, just as He was unexpectedly hidden in a Baby born in a manger.
God is hidden in the bread and wine of communion, and in the unexpected experiences of grace, love, forgiveness, hope which happen to us, through us, for us, with us.
For a Pastor from New Orleans taking a special intercity training in which he had to spend three days on the streets with only pennies in his pockets, cold, hungry, alone, God came in the form of a bartender offering a drink to warm his insides.
For a black man from Chicago with a cripple son God came in a gift of money given by strangers who were on the same flight with him.
For a man standing by the grave of his infant son, God came not so much in the words spoken by the Pastor as in the hand shake which they exchanged.
On and on and on it goes. God comes in a Baby born in a manger, a man dying on a cross, a resurrection which goes beyond human imagination, and God comes in human acts of love, mercy, kindness, generosity which give hope to the hopeless and brings peace and joy to our lives.
let God love others through you...
yes, it is Christmas every time
you smile at your brother and offer
him your hand." Mother Teresa
Prayer though for the week: “Lord, come as you came and let your love shine through my life in ways I never dreamed possible.”
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