Holy Choice
Welcome to the week of Christmas! We have choices to make in the next few days. What dishes to prepare, what to wear, who to visit, what time will we gather, did we buy the right gifts, do we have enough gifts for everyone? We have choices galore. Many of us are afforded choices we hardly notice. The Christmas story is about choice also. Joseph and Mary made a choice to believe. The shepherds made a choice too, " Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened. " Luke 2:15 It strikes me this year that this God who sent his son to earth as a baby invented choice. He chose to create. He chose to love. He chose an unexpected arrival into our world. He chose to leave the perfect heavenly realm and come into our difficult world. He chose to walk among us, to know our aches and pains. And he chose to offer us the choice to follow him. Choice in essence is unconditional love. It's a story of: I love...
