If you have been paying close attention, you have probably realized that our posts are actually just a couple of days behind our actual schedule. Below is the regularly scheduled blog reflection from a couple of days ago. However, today we decided we needed to make an additional post. Why is today different than any other day?
Today is Christmas day.
Over two thousand years ago, on this day of days, Our Lord and Savior was born in a cave in Bethlehem. We know this is true, we've been there. Two thousand years ago, on this most special day, Our Creator was born to a virgin and was a newborn infant. We know this is true, we've seen the place she laid Him. Two thousand years ago, on this most holy of days, a great multitude of the heavenly hosts appeared in the sky singing praise and glory to God because He became one of us. We know this is true, because we have seen the cave the shepherds stayed in and walked the roads they walked in order to behold the Miracle of Miracles.
Today we not only realize the reality of the Incarnation in a new way, but we also appreciate in a very small way the price that Jesus paid in coming to us. Because Jesus left His Father, who is All in All, to become a man in order that we might know His Father. Jesus left everything behind and became a pilgrim for us. We, who are pilgrims now in this land, feel our share of sorrow and loss because we are not with you this Christmas Day, this Day of Days. But we reach out to you in our thoughts and minds, we lift you up in our prayers, and we hold you close to us in our hearts as we celebrate this Christmas Day in this Holy Land, the land of Jesus' pilgrimage. May His pilgrimage bring us all home to Him, and may our pilgrimage bring us home to you with Christ Jesus in our hearts.
God bless you and keep you. Merry Christmas.
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