Gift

It was about to begin- God's plan for humanity, crafted in the halls of heaven and carried out on the plains of earth. Only Holiness could have imagined it. Only divinity could have enacted it. Only righteousness could have endured it. And once the plan began, there would be no turning back. The creator knew it. The son knew it. And soon, earth itself would witness heaven's majesty alighting on the planet.

It all happened in a most remarkable moment... a moment like no other. for through that segment of time a spectacular thing occurred.

God became a man. Divinity arrived. Heaven opened herself and placed her most precious one in a human womb.

The omnipotent, in one instant, became flesh and blood. The one who was larger than the universe became a microscopic embryo. And he who sustains the world with a word chose to be dependent upon the nourishment of a young girl.

God had come near.

~Max Lucado, "The Gift for All People"

As we approach Christmas, let us remember God and the beginning. How God planned the birth of our Savior. That in itself is a miracle. But remember that that is not where the story of our Savior and Salvation ends, only where it begins. Merry Christmas.