God’s splendor is a tale that is told.
Do you think Mary knew? When she held her newborn son in her arms, both of them exhausted and raw, she knew he was the Son of God, but did she know he was the Savior? Did she know when she marvelled at his tiny hands and feet that one day she’d hold them when …
He’s here! The Light of the World, the Prince of Peace, the Lord of Lords, the Savior of Mankind—God has arrived on Earth! And…he’s a baby? A tiny, squirming, helpless, crying, kinda-looks-like-Winston-Churchill poop machine? Yep. Because that’s how much God loves us. Jesus didn’t enter this world as a limitless, immaculate, divine being beyond reckoning …