Wonder - Day 23
The wonder of heaven & earth colliding
Luke 2:6-7
6 And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born. 7 She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.
I love how Luke, the doctor, makes this moment sound so perfect and serene. It is nothing like what I experienced in the birthing rooms of both my children.
There were screams, pounding hearts, tears, anxious moments, and that’s just what I experienced. My wife, Tricia, had a whole other set of emotions, pains, and feelings.
But among all the chaos that hung in both those rooms, that chaos was immediately silenced the moment our children entered our world. It was as if time itself stopped. In both moments, for me, I was fully aware that the last person who held my children was God, that is if you believe as I do, that, “…made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.” (Psalms 139:13 NLT)
I can only imagine what it was like to hold, not just another child, but the Savior of the world in my arms. Of course, we know that wasn’t just another human being, but it was the God who loved us so much that He took on human flesh. We call it the incarnation. So here in this moment, a created being held in her arms the One who had created her. I don’t know about you, but I just got chills writing that statement. Those chills are one way my body expresses wonder.
And so here, in just two verses, everything changed. Whereas the world had been on the road to destruction, ruled by an evil prince, now, the king of the universe had arrived to save us all. Everything was going to be different now. Heaven and earth didn’t just collide; in this moment, through a tiny infant, they became one.
QUESTIONS
Luke 2:6-7
6 And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born. 7 She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.
I love how Luke, the doctor, makes this moment sound so perfect and serene. It is nothing like what I experienced in the birthing rooms of both my children.
There were screams, pounding hearts, tears, anxious moments, and that’s just what I experienced. My wife, Tricia, had a whole other set of emotions, pains, and feelings.
But among all the chaos that hung in both those rooms, that chaos was immediately silenced the moment our children entered our world. It was as if time itself stopped. In both moments, for me, I was fully aware that the last person who held my children was God, that is if you believe as I do, that, “…made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.” (Psalms 139:13 NLT)
I can only imagine what it was like to hold, not just another child, but the Savior of the world in my arms. Of course, we know that wasn’t just another human being, but it was the God who loved us so much that He took on human flesh. We call it the incarnation. So here in this moment, a created being held in her arms the One who had created her. I don’t know about you, but I just got chills writing that statement. Those chills are one way my body expresses wonder.
And so here, in just two verses, everything changed. Whereas the world had been on the road to destruction, ruled by an evil prince, now, the king of the universe had arrived to save us all. Everything was going to be different now. Heaven and earth didn’t just collide; in this moment, through a tiny infant, they became one.
QUESTIONS
- Have you ever experienced a moment that you could only describe as other worldly, divine, a time when heaven and earth collided? What happened?
- What does it mean to you that the Creator of the universe was willing to take on human skin, to become one of the most fragile beings possible, in order to save you and prove to you His love?
- In what ways do you experience wonder?
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