Mystery

Have you noticed it?  Have you felt it?  There’s something different about this season.

People are different in this season.  Even the atmosphere at the grocery store is different.  The usually grumpy clerk has apparently found a supply of smiles somewhere, and now she’s giving them away.  People find themselves humming along to the carols in the air.  And some of the most unlikely might just go the extra mile for someone.  What’s up?

Some might say it’s the thought of getting a little time off.  Or it’s a sugar rush from all the extra sweets and treats.  Or the laughter of children in the snow is just contagious.  But what if it’s more than that? What if it’s more than just some elusive fairy tale magic cheerfulness in the air?

What if all creation could sense that something of truly epic proportions was going on? 

You know, the most anticipated event in all of human history took place roughly two thousand years ago in the small town of Bethlehem.  But at the time, it went relatively unnoticed.  Only a few from the humblest positions in society were in on the news when the birth took place—the birth of the long-awaited, much prophesied about, Jewish-born king who had a heart for every people on earth. 

But don’t let His quiet entrance fool you.  It may have been a relatively silent night, but the night that divine royalty left heaven and came to earth wrapped in the form of a child was nothing short of the utmost in extraordinary.

The world has never been the same since.

Praying your own world will never be the same either,

Carol

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, 
and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, 
full of grace and truth."

"...As many as received Him, 
to them He gave the right to become children of God, 
even to those who believe in His name."

~from the prologue of John's biography of Jesus  (John 1:14, 12)