Daily Gratitude Year 13 - Day 347: Today, I am grateful for the incarnation.
The incarnation of Jesus is one of those concepts that is hard to wrap my head around at times. To commit thirty-three trips around the sun in human form that included hunger, pain, sorrow, and all of the other things we feel is mind boggling to me.
I love this quote from a Max Lucado book:
"God became a man. While the creatures of earth walked unaware, Divinity arrived. Heaven opened herself and placed her most precious one in a human womb. The omnipotent, in one instant, made himself breakable. He who had been spirit became pierce-able. He who was larger than the universe became an embryo. And he who sustains the world with a word chose to be dependent upon the nourishment of a young girl." -God Came Near, Max Lucado
The full legitimacy of His human experience began in the womb of a teenage girl. She was no expert. Joseph was not, either, but together, they would figure it out. They would know the difficult and the wondrous... and in a tiny town called Bethlehem, heaven and earth would collide with the birth of a baby boy who would change the course of history.
Angels would sing. Wisemen would follow a star. Shepherds would witness the glory of the newborn King in his mother's arms as his earthly father watched over them both. Is it any wonder we continue to be in awe of the nativity of Christ?
What kind of love leaves heaven for earth's human trials and troubles?
This was my verse for the day:
"We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them." -1 John 4:16 NLT
What kind of love? The kind of love that submitted to a womb... and then a manger... and then a carpenter's table... and then a cross and a tomb. All of these sacrifices were made for us. It is a love like no other. I do not have to understand it to drink the living water and experience the light of His love.
Today, I am grateful for the incarnation.
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