The Birds

December 25, 2007

Merry Christmas to all...

John 1:14 NET
(14) Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory — the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

Jesus came and lived among us.

Paul Harvey, the great news commentator, tells a story every Christmas that is so meaningful. Briefly, a man is invited to go with his family to church on Christmas Eve but he turns them down. How could God become a man or even want to. No, let them live in their mythical make believe. While reading that night he hears a noise of a bunch of birds hitting his windowattracted by the lights and the heat. He wants to try to save them so he goes out and turns on the barn lights hoping that they will see it and turn that way, but they do not. He panics, how can he save these birds who are going the wrong way? Why the only way would be to become one of them and lead them on the path that they should follow.....

The only way Jesus could lead us was to become one like us.

Thank you Jesus.