Surpassing Time

~~~ 1 John 1:1-4 ~~~ Psalm 97 ~~~ John 20:1a and 2-8 ~~~

What was from the beginning,
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes,
what we looked upon
and touched with our hands
concerns the Word of life —
for the life was made visible...

Not only did Jesus humble himself to become one of us;

he also submitted himself to the constraints of time.

The Word was from the beginning of time

 though not confined by the restraints of time.

The Word became flesh embracing our measurements of time.

The Word was from the beginning 

although it had no physical form.

The birth of Jesus gave new meaning to the Word of God.

With his birth nothing would remain the same.

The way we define time became forever connected to his birth.

We are writing this so that our joy may be complete.

I am sure you have heard the saying 'hind sight is 20/20'.

In John's Gospel today we have his 

hind sight of the birth of Jesus.

John writes as one who already knows

 what the birth of Jesus ultimately means...

Today we too know

 that without the birth of Jesus 

there would have been no salvation for us.

Jesus was born for one purpose;

he was born so that he could die for us 

and be raised to remain for all eternity with the Father.

John reminds us today

 that we have so much to be joyful for 

during this season of the Nativity.

Be glad in the Lord, you just,

and give thanks to his holy name.

The Blessings of this birth are too numerous to record.

John was overflowing with gladness and joy 

at the wondrous love of God.

Our joy over the birth of Jesus must continue 

all the way to his resurrection into heaven.