This week, in the aftermath of Christmas day, but still within the Christmas season, always feels a bit like that line from Silent Night : “All is calm. All is bright.”

The joy of Christmas is ours because Christ is ours, and he is forever. Consider this meditation on the humility of Christ from Augustine:

He, through whom time was made, was made in time; and He, older by eternity than the world itself, was younger in age than many of His servants in the world; He, who made man, was made man; He was given existence by a mother whom He brought into existence; He was carried in hands which He formed; He nursed at breasts which He filled; He cried like a babe in the manger in speechless infancy—this Word without which human eloquence is speechless! -Augustine

What wondrous condescension and staggering humility!

Beholding Christ in his humble love with eyes of faith and standing amazed at his grace is the very root of a life of love and holiness.

Seeing his proactive love will provoke you to love and good deeds that adorn the gospel (Titus 2:10).

Delighting in his humble dependence on God in his perfect obedience to the Father will guard you both from passivity and, as we saw on Sunday, from “initiative without anointing”.

Come adore the humble King, and may we become like him as we behold and are amazed by him.

With love and prayer,

Ben