In all the hullabaloo that surrounds Christmas, I sometimes loose sight of what this holiday is all about. And now with 2 kids its even harder to remind them and me that its not about Santa's visit or decorating the Christmas tree or baking the traditional fruit cake. It’s about a Christ Jesus who came as a little baby in a manger in a little obscure village town called Bethelehem.
Why did God have to send Jesus? I read a beautiful analogy in a book by C.S Lewis , "Surprised by Joy". If Shakespeare had to meet Hamlet (the character), it would have to be Shakespeare’s doing. Hamlet could initiate nothing. Shakespeare would have to be Shakespeare in the play as well as the author writing the play. It would bear some analogy to incarnation.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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