The Incarnation & Its Implications

I wrote an article entitled The Incarnation for Holy Culture.  In it I talk about how Christ's incarnation has and is changing my life.  Christmas was different this year.  It meant more and brought with it more weight than years past.  For that I am thankful.  Here is a snippet from the post:

Christmas is almost like a military draft, calling us, as it were, across enemy lines. The incarnation of Christ calls us to life among those who make the outside of our cup physically and emotionally dirty; all the while the One who lives in us makes the inside of our cup spiritually clean. The irony alone should shock us, and even convict us. We have stayed long enough among those who do not inconvenience us, that have the same moral idiosyncrasies as we do, and who will not demand more of us than what is socially acceptable. 


But Christ came to the world, fasted in the dessert, sat at the well, sweat blood in the garden, and shed blood on the Cross. 


Christmas brings us the gift of life through death. We are not in heaven yet. And we should cease trying to drag it down. It will be given soon enough. Becoming a Christian does not mean that we are delivered out of the world. Christian liberty is not about being free from the moral, social, emotional and physical inconveniences of those who have no moral compass, little social skills, who are on multiple psychiatric medications, and who would rather harm us than hug us. Liberty is found by losing one’s life. It is our mark to love the unlovable, to give to those who steal, and to embrace those who would rather us dead.

You can find the rest of the article here.