I'm going to recycle a post from a few years ago, but this passage always hits me this time of year.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were
made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life,
and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness,
but the darkness has not understood it.
There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a
witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men
might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness
to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming
into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made
through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was
his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him,
to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children
of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a
husband's will, but born of God.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his
glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of
grace and truth. John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying,
"This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me
because he was before me.' " From the fullness of his grace we have all
received one blessing after another. For the law was given through
Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen
God, but God the One and Only,who is at the Father's side, has made him
known.
-John 1:1-18
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
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