John 1:1-5, 14 (NRSV)
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Chapter 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Verse 2He was in the beginning with God. Verse 3All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being Verse 4in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.
Verse 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. Verse 14And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.
Devotion
The star of promise that shone throughout the nights of Advent has now become the sun of grace. The dawn of Christmas has appeared. This day we celebrate our source, our light, our life, our desire. In Christ, the Word made flesh, we encounter the source from which all our hopes and dreams both originate and find their fulfillment. As we await Christ's final advent, we continue to walk by faith, but we walk in the light of Christ who rightly orders our human longings and desires. We continue to hunger and thirst for justice. We continue to yearn to behold the beauty of the Lord. We continue to long for the day of shalom for all God's creation. These holy desires flow through our lives as we celebrate God's coming to dwell with us.