God - Mary's baby
It's amazing how every now and then, God does something that pushes back the limits of our imagination. A couple of nights back, I was thinking about the whole concept of us being His babies, and last evening, going back home from work, I was suddenly reminded of God coming down to earth as, you guessed it, a baby.I have just finished reading Lucado's "Just like Jesus" and compared to his books, this one is even simpler. The theme goes "God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to become just like Jesus" and the book is as usual, beautifully written. One of those sentences that really touched me was the way He portrayed God's eagerness to be with His ultimate creation.
The book goes on to say how Jesus welcomed everyone who wanted to see Him. Everyone. It didn't matter whether the birthday present was gold or a surprised stare. It didn't matter if they were wise or foolish, little kids or grown up men, shepherds or sheep. What mattered was the heart, and I found myself wondering if, given the chance, I would have done so. Quite a hard one isn't it? After all, the busy, busy lives we live?
That was when it struck me. The Creator of the universe, and He valued us most of all. So much, in fact, that He wouldn't mind dying for us. Wouldn't mind coming down to this mutilated creation of His, so you and I could see what He'd prepared for us all along. Sometimes, we can never understand the supreme sacrifice until we look at every jot and tittle of what He did for us. Thirty three and a half years in a place so full of darkness, hatred, jealousy, covetousness, falsehood... no matter where He turned, how far He went away to pray... And while we look toward our life beyond full of untold blessing - a place of perfect everything - perfect righteousness (no sin), perfect love (no lust), perfect peace (no fear), perfect joy (no sadness) and a million other adjectives - we need to realize just how painful it must have been for Him to come from such a place... But truth is, He wanted to!
This is what I meant about God pushing the limits of your imagination and mine. The One who struts among the stars; who looks as us the way we'd look at human babies, loved us so much He was willing to do all this - give up heaven for a smelly manger and a lifetime of sawdust. And not one facet of what we've covered so far expresses His desire for our company as much as the next sentence. He began his journey to becoming mankind's Savior, as Mary's little baby.
Ever desperately wanted a hug? a shoulder or a lap to sleep on? a good night kiss? little gestures of real affection? How unbelievable is it that our Savior did too! Or that He still desires such affection from each of us, His most favored creation?
posted by Finney @ 2:54 PM
3 Comments:
Yes..Sacrificing your own life for love is painful..but the toughest and the most painful sacrifice is to give up your baby...to sit silently and watch ur little sweetheart suffering in ultimate pain...and that cud be the highest form of love. I too thought of this sometime back...(only a vague thought). So felt good to read the same in the form of ur words...Nicely expressed...Thanks.
sorry...clicked the wrong link :) actually the above comments shud go for the title "He Cared..."
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