GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD (John 3:16)
Christmas is a time when Christians remember and celebrate the birth of Jesus the Christ. It is a time, set in the darkness of the winter ( in our Northern Hemisphere) . It is a time when the earth lies in slumber waiting for the light and warmth of Spring to bring forth new growth.
The following is a reflection on the simple words taken fron the Christian Scriptures and St John's Gospel
 GOD LOVED THE WORLD SO MUCH John 3 :16 |
this tiny pebble tossed into the Cosmic Ocean
this pale blue dot......
insignificant yet unique among planets and countless
billions of stars?
GOD LOVED THE WORLD SO MUCH.......
Earth overwhelming in its abundant life-forms ?
beautiful exciting rich in potential ?
GOD LOVED THE WORLD SO MUCH.........
Loved us so much
we, who form this world, from our gifts,
insatiable curiosity magnificent inventiveness
courage and desire
GOD LOVED THE WORLD SO MUCH.....
and Now ?
with our Cancerous greed and insane violence.
Can we still dare to say,
God loves this world, loves us, so much ?
GOD the Unknowable Mystery,
Source and Ground of all that is and is not LOVES
So let us celebrate together the Wonder that Love is the reason for it All
The real message of Christmas is not the frenzy of consumerism, the frenetic and frantic pace of life, the endlerss parties the; it is that ' Christ and His lived example of life be Born in each of us. So that we may
See with the eyes of Christ
Hear with the ears of Christ
Touch with the loving hands of Christ
and above all ...
Treat ourselves, each other and our planet filled with the Compassionate Heart of Christ.
Have a Wonder-filled and Joyful Christmas
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