Some thoughts on Christmas

The crowning glory of the church year is, by many, said to be the great feast of Easter. But Christmas is the feast that seems most miraculous to me.

I truly intend no disrespect by saying this, but it's not surprising to me to think that God would be able to perform the miracle of rising from the dead. It seems entirely logical to assume that the God who created the entire cosmos would be able to do that.

But here is the miracle: the Mighty God, the King of Glory, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace... he who created the Pleiades and Orion... the one who who created the atom and the sun... he was willing to lay down all of that splendor and magnificence to take on the form of an embryo, to grow within the womb of one of his creatures and be born in a dirty barn.

There are times when I "get on my high horse" and think rather highly of myself... much more highly than I ought. But Jesus climbed off the throne of glory to show me what true humility is. And that, to me, is the greatest miracle of all.