December 24, 2003
Meditations on the Birth of Christ V: Who do you say that I am?
I think it’s easy for us to conceptualize the birth of Jesus as if it were metaphor. But we must keep in mind that this was a literal event in history. The second person of the Trinity actually became man in a very real way. He was born just as you and I were born. He cried after birth, just as we did. This was not a metaphysical experience, it was real: the textures, smells, pain, all existed as they would in any other birth.
Who do you say that Jesus was? We must realize that He was not simply a great man. He was not simply more aware of God or God’s will than us. He was God. God created in the flesh to do what no man could: redeem us and give us the means to get to heaven. Jesus was God and knew He was God from the beginning. The birth of Christ is intensely personal; it was God reaching out not to humanity, but to you. It was God willing to suffer greatly that you may live. Never forget that God came specifically to save you, not simply to give people in general a chance at salvation.
Make sure that you don’t waste the greatest Christmas gift you will ever receive: the chance to become a Saint.
God bless,
Jay
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