For to us a child is born…
and His name shall be called,
Wonderful Counselor,
Almighty God…
The Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
This week of as we celebrate the Advent Season,
we light the 4tht candle –
the candle of Love.
It was because of love that the Everlasting Father came to Earth to dwell with his creation.
To live as one with his handiwork.
He did not come as the anticipated, the expected King – but as a newborn baby.
Through the very ones he made – he chose to redeem his family line,
Through a family lineage marked with cheaters and robbers and harlots and murders.
He chose to come - to dwell - to live with us,
all because of love.
The Everlasting Father provided a way for restoration – for wholeness – for reconciliation…
With strife all around us in this broken, hurting, missed up, confused world –
a world - speaking accusations
- seeking justices –settling for the last word.
a world - yearning for a word of hope -
hope comes… all because of love -
love is always the politically correct reply – love is always the best word – love is always best…
We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.
Because the word became flesh – on Christmas morning…
ultimate, extravagant love was born - and love is always the last word.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
May you receive the Everlasting Fathers gift of love, may you love extravagantly this season~
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