Incarnation · 4 min read
The Manger and the Cross
"And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us."
John 1:14
God could have stayed safe and distant. Instead he was born into a body, into a stable, into a world that would not understand him.
The manger and the cross are the same story: God choosing nearness over safety, presence over explanation, withness over power.
Whatever you are facing today, the question is not whether God understands. He has a body. He has wept. He has been hungry. He is near.
Reflection question
Where are you living as if God were far away when he has come so close?
If this met you today
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