Merry Christmas
December 24, 2015
SOME say it’s “just a story.” It’s true, it is a story. But it’s not just a story.
God took the form of a human baby. In this way, he conveyed His desire for our love. Almost everyone is touched by, is capable of feeling for, a tender baby.
Why does God want to be loved by us? He doesn’t need our love. He is self-sufficient and needs nothing. His desire for our love must be an extension of His love for us, his creatures.
“He seems to forget that He is God, because of the greatness of this desire. His ever-blessed Majesty will forgive us words of this sort, by which alone we can force upon our dull hearts the conviction of the immensity of His love. He appears to deny His own nature and greatness in order to obtain our love.”
[The Creator and the Creature, Frederick William Faber, D.D., Tan Books, 1961]
There is nothing more humbling than God’s love. It seems unintelligible. It is a mystery. And it accounts for all of the joy of Christmas, whether we realize it or not.
Merry Christmas! May you and your families have peace and happiness today.
