The fierce winds of winter blew…
My son made a quick little walk to run an errand down the hill. Next to a muddy swamp, he spotted these poinsettias laying near but not quite emerged in the muck. The wind had taken these on a short journey. The Lord had taken my son’s eyes and heart to see the beauty and blessing and opportunity of some wind blown artificial flowers. Humble means. A hand and heart reaching down, scooping up, on behalf of another.
“Look mom”! He said as he entered back into our home. “I found these laying by a swamp, and I wanted to give them to you”.
Gifts in unexpected ways, and unexpected means –
Oh the treasure of the greatest gift of all. A story of love, the birth of Jesus Christ. In a dirty world affected by sin, God sent His Only begotten Son, in LOVE, swooping down from Perfect glory, on behalf of sinners, to save us from the pit.
Open the eyes, see the gift! Grab hold. Receive what God has sent. The humble means, of a glorious King, stepping down into the swampy, muck of this earth, pulling us out of the pit, to give us the beauty of forgiveness, a Holy cleansing, and the gift of love and everlasting life.
Humble things, Humble means. The way of Jesus Christ-LOVE. Love without end.
“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock…” Ps. 40:1
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
Share the gift. Pass on the gift. True love is God Himself. Jesus Christ. The beautiful gospel that saves.
“We love because he first loved us” 1 John 4:19
