“The one who comes from above is above all” yet, this heavenly One came down to enter fully into the fabrics of human life through a woman’s body: into hunger, friendship, fear, joy, and ultimately death. We are reminded in this Advent season, just a few days before Christmas, that Jesus did not hover above the world, but wove himself into it. He became fully God and fully human to show us how to love ourselves and love and care for one another.
Now that He does not have an earthly body, where do we see God now? God’s love is revealed to us in our shared humanity. In our fears and our tenderness, in our jubilation and our bliss. The same Spirit that once stirred over a manger in Bethlehem still gives “without measure” and flows through all creation, stitching us together in ways we may not even recognize.
God of heaven and earth,
You have come near,
weaving your Spirit into the threads of our days.
When we feel frayed or scattered,
draw us again into your wholeness.
Teach us to speak your truth, to live your love,
and to mend the places where your people are torn apart.
By your boundless Spirit, make us one in Christ,
woven together in grace and life everlasting.
Amen.
Katelyn Finch
Student, Union Presbyterian Seminary (Richmond, VA)
Alum, UKirk Auburn
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