For God to become a baby he had to
Squeeze himself into a small space
Confine himself into a fallible body
Restrict himself to humanity
Reduce himself to limited movements
Become weak and vulnerable
Rely on humans to take care of him
For Christ to become one of us
He had to be born like us
The light was hidden within the womb
The thirst quencher received refreshment from the breast of Mary
The bread of life had to learn how to eat
The one who holds us, first had to be held
The Lover was loved
The way had to learn to walk
The word had to learn to speak
The teacher was taught
The creator how to create
This is our God…
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Great reflection more than ever this year I am taken by the lnk between the birth and and seeing beyond the birth to the rest of christs life
Thanks Richard. For several years now, especially since my boys have been born I have been mediating on the incarnation, where divinity and humanity come together. When I experienced the birth of my boys it was a holy a moment, when I held them i felt like I was holding god, something so pure, so vulnerable, so powerless, so beautiful, so sacred. When I looked into their eyes I felt like I was looking into the eyes of God…. my challenge now is to make room for God to be born in me afresh, to allow the beauty of God that resides in me to be birthed and expereinced.
For me the beauty and the wonder of God is found in smallness, vulnerablity, weakness, powerlessness, neediness – the daily struggle is to hold onto this way of being.
that’s excellent
thanks
Thanks Rob.
May you know and expereince something of the mystery of God’s conception in you this Advent