Saturday, December 17, 2022

Christmas 12/23

 What did the coming of Jesus cost? The price for His love cannot be measured when we consider an infinite God becoming Jesus in a finite body. Simeon was all in to wait for His appearing. His enthusiasm had to be evident to all who knew Him. I’m hoping that enthusiasm and sense of urgent waiting deepens in you and me.

The disappointment, brokenness, suffering, and pain that characterize life in this present world is held in dynamic tension with the promise of future glory that is yet to come. In that Advent tension, the church lives its life.” ― Fleming Rutledge, Advent

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