Do you need a God who lives with you?
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. Revelation 21:3
Faith-full God, Hope-filling God, Fully-loving God,
We celebrate your glory
as the shepherds celebrated before the manger
and the wise men celebrated before the little one.
You have richly blessed us with
your arrival on earth, in earthy reality,
coming to a stable,
sleeping with the sheep,
disrupting our expectations
about the way things should be,
showing us that your glory is clothed in your humility.
Thank you. May we never forget.
May we never romanticize
the Christ out of Christmas.
Thank you, God,
that you are coming again once-and-for-all,
to end our
hearts’ waywardness.
Thank you that one day
we will rest utterly in your Presence,
never wandering off
down our own little kingdom paths.
We look forward to the day
when we will worship and delight in you
as we were created to do.
This Christmas day and for the rest of the season,
may we wait well,
with an eye toward the future,
the hope of the one day when all
will finally and forever be well.
Come quickly, Lord Jesus! Amen!
Read Revelation 21:1-5.
