awaiting christ's coming..
december is already in full swing, and christmas only a week or so away! I've never been a big "Christmas person" (although I am no grinch), but this year, I'm learning to see the little blessings in between.
today was spent looking for a gift for my mom, and so my sister and I braved the mall....boy was that not fun. it's like everybody is just scrambling to make things "just right", to make sure that every gift is bought and every wish fulfilled. we're so intent on getting every detail correct that we seem to lose our heads in the midst of it. and even beyond that, christmas is always framed as a time for family and friends to gather, be warm and fuzzy...and I've been thinking...is christmas even about THAT?
the coming of the King. a gift of grace and love divine. the manifestation of God on earth. my blessedness because God chose to show Himself through the birth of His son...the recognition of my infinite minuteness in the presence of Christ the Saviour, King above all Kings, Lord above all Lords.
I think that's Christmas.
as I reflect upon christ's coming this year...I have found new peace knowing that Christmas is nothing but the blessing of the Lord's presence on earth. Not about gifts, not about warm and fuzzy feelings, not about ME.
What Child is this, who laid to rest,
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing.
Haste, haste to bring Him laud,
The Babe, the Son of Mary
posted by vespertine @ 10:21 PM
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3 Comments:
Thanks for this reflection:
the coming of the King. a gift of grace and love divine. the manifestation of God on earth. my blessedness because God chose to show Himself through the birth of His son...the recognition of my infinite minuteness in the presence of Christ the Saviour, King above all Kings, Lord above all Lords.
I think that's Christmas too.
Amen.
Thank you.
Artistically phrased e. Must admit it has been hard to think about Christmas on a student's schedule, preoccupied with finals and papers.
Bonhoeffer offered this in one of his Advent sermons on waiting:
The blessedness of waiting is lost on those who cannot wait, and the fulfillment of promise is never theirs. They want quick answers to the deepest questions of life and miss the value of those times of anxious waiting, seeking with patient uncertainties until the answers come. They lose the moment when the answers are revealed in dazzling clarity.
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