This cuts through the porcelain lie without turning the mess into a gimmick. Incarnation as refusal to wait for readiness, respectability, or religious approval. God doesn’t arrive after the cleanup crew. God arrives before anyone agrees what’s happening. That’s not sentiment. That’s the scandal doing its job.
So good. Thank you. Messiness is the state of life most of the time. We don't have porcelain lives. They are made of aged wood full of knotholes. That's the beauty of it. The birth of Jesus turns those knot holes into beauty. Thank you for making Christmas real and relevant.
In the “fullness of time” God sent His Son. Hallelujah. Thank you for reminding us of God appearing in this broken, messy world. This the message I have heard in my 70 years of being an evangelical. I was never told to clean up so that I could be accountable to God. Amazing grace. By grace He came. By grace He lived among us, broken, messy people. By grace He taught us. By grace He healed us. By grace suffered and died. By grace He rose again. By grace He walked with those who didn’t understand, appeared to those who didn’t believe and saved those of us broken, messy people who trusted Him. By grace He works within us to mend our brokenness and clean up our messy lives—a continual, ongoing process. By grace we are guaranteed to live with Him forever.
This cuts through the porcelain lie without turning the mess into a gimmick. Incarnation as refusal to wait for readiness, respectability, or religious approval. God doesn’t arrive after the cleanup crew. God arrives before anyone agrees what’s happening. That’s not sentiment. That’s the scandal doing its job.
Amen. Thank you Pastor Beau
So good. Thank you. Messiness is the state of life most of the time. We don't have porcelain lives. They are made of aged wood full of knotholes. That's the beauty of it. The birth of Jesus turns those knot holes into beauty. Thank you for making Christmas real and relevant.
Amen! Merry Messy Christmas! I love it!
Brilliant! I love your perspective on this.
In the “fullness of time” God sent His Son. Hallelujah. Thank you for reminding us of God appearing in this broken, messy world. This the message I have heard in my 70 years of being an evangelical. I was never told to clean up so that I could be accountable to God. Amazing grace. By grace He came. By grace He lived among us, broken, messy people. By grace He taught us. By grace He healed us. By grace suffered and died. By grace He rose again. By grace He walked with those who didn’t understand, appeared to those who didn’t believe and saved those of us broken, messy people who trusted Him. By grace He works within us to mend our brokenness and clean up our messy lives—a continual, ongoing process. By grace we are guaranteed to live with Him forever.