Hey everyone,
Annie Wetzel sent me this quote from the Book of Uncommon
Prayers by John Donne...It is some really keen insight into the
"passion" of the manger as you engage your families and small groups
this week.
"The whole of Christ's life was a continual passion;
others die martyrs, but Christ was born a martyr. He found Golgotha, where he
was crucified, even in Bethlehem, where he was born; for to his tenderness then
the straws were almost as sharp as the thorns after, and the manger as uneasy
at first as the cross at last. His birth and his death were but one continual
act, and his Christmas Day and his Good Friday are but the evening and morning
of one and the same day. From the crèche to the cross is an inseparable line.
Christmas only points forward to Good Friday and Easter. It can have no meaning
apart from that, where the Son of God displayed his glory by his death."
Praying for all of you as you "consume Christmas",
Brad
