Thursday 1st December
Read John 1:1, 14
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (NIVUK)
It is always good to enjoy the poetry of those steeped in the knowledge of Him who became flesh…
“The opening music of the heavenly spheres
Has not yet sounded, nor has come to light
The texture, intricacy, colour-flight
Of cosmos, introducing history’s years,
And yet, already God transcendent sears
The Void with holy splendour, glory bright,
No shadows known, no meaning yet to night,
Sans shade, sans death, sans sin, sans hate, sans tears.
God’s Self-Expression, his own Son, his Word
Joins with his Father, clothed with light of bliss,
In solemn covenant, resolve assured,
To save the lost who do not yet exist.
Transcendent Deity now deigns to mesh
With finite clay: the Word takes on our flesh.”
DA Carson, Holy Sonnets of the Twentieth Century #9
Thank God for His eternal sacrifice for us…
