…the Incarnation.
I find myself planning music for Christmas around this time of year, and I try to spend some time thinking about the meaning of the Incarnation. Target will have their Christmas decorations up soon, and you’ll begin to hear the homilies decrying the commercialism of Christmas.
It’s the beginning of our salvation – God is one of us. God is like us. God is among us. And He became like us, so that we can become like Him. Even for Christians, it’s easy to miss the significance of the Incarnation and think of Jesus as our pal – the footsteps Jesus (I’m sure you remember that poem read at least 6 times a year at Youth Rallies.) It’s God on earth – the paradox of Jesus our blood-brother and our God at the same time.
Amazing stuff, and worthy of meditation even in August.