Advent Day 21: Infant King

If I were a god, I’m fairly certain that I wouldn’t act anything like the character at the center of the Advent story.

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He enters the scene and displays not his power, not his benevolence, not his wisdom, but his meekness and vulnerability.

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The Almighty became helpless.

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Became reliant.

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Became killable.

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And this causes me to wonder.

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Hear Advent invite you into wonder. Wonder at the baby in a manger— the king who had no place at the inn. Wonder at the vulnerability of an infant king.

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And be comforted in your own vulnerability and weakness. Those traits are valuable in the economy of the cosmos.