Lived Among the People
So I'm getting ready for Christmas Eve worship and I'm thinking to myself, "There's nothing new to say. It's all been said before. What could I possibly do at worship that hasn't been done a million times before."
Then it hits me (heh, like a Vonage commercial?) - I'm an idiot.
It really isn't about saying something "new" is it? It's telling the truth. It's speaking the love of God that came to us in a very different and transforming way.
It really is a NEW story, though. How many other times has God come to be with people.
I'll wait while you Google that one...
No, not a god dropping out of the sky as the god - but a god coming as a human being?
Google...
No, not a god siring an offspring who becomes half a god. God being fully God and fully human...
Google...
Really - it never happened before Jesus - hasn't happened since Jesus.
And the beauty of Jesus coming in a crap filled cave with dirt poor parents is that even better than Bishop Bickerton:
"He dropped the puck and showed his humanity. He took a few hours and lived among the people ... I think it's something he does most of the time."
THAT'S amazing to me.
My new favorite Christmas song is Adoration by the Newsboys (not that new, but it's still my favorite):
Then it hits me (heh, like a Vonage commercial?) - I'm an idiot.
It really isn't about saying something "new" is it? It's telling the truth. It's speaking the love of God that came to us in a very different and transforming way.
It really is a NEW story, though. How many other times has God come to be with people.
I'll wait while you Google that one...
No, not a god dropping out of the sky as the god - but a god coming as a human being?
Google...
No, not a god siring an offspring who becomes half a god. God being fully God and fully human...
Google...
Really - it never happened before Jesus - hasn't happened since Jesus.
And the beauty of Jesus coming in a crap filled cave with dirt poor parents is that even better than Bishop Bickerton:
"He dropped the puck and showed his humanity. He took a few hours and lived among the people ... I think it's something he does most of the time."
THAT'S amazing to me.
My new favorite Christmas song is Adoration by the Newsboys (not that new, but it's still my favorite):
Adoration
I’m here with the others
I’m here with the others
Who saw the heavens testify
Now I hang back in the shadows
I want to come close
I want to know
She sees me shivering here
She smiles and with a nod
I walk through the mud and straw
To the newborn Son of God
Come, let us adore Him
He has come down to this barren land
Where we live
And all I have to give Him
Is adoration
He raises a wrinkled hand
He raises a wrinkled hand
Through the dust and the flies
Wrapped in rags like we are
And with barely open eyes
He takes my finger
And He won’t let go
And He won’t let go
It’s nothing like I knew before
And it’s all I need to know
Come, let us adore Him
He has come down to the world we live in
And all I have to give Him
Is adoration
God is with us here
Our Immanuel
God is with us here
Our Immanuel
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Jesus, our Immanuel
Is with us here and He won’t let go
posted by Pastor Bill at 9:12 AM
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