Incarnation (continued)

[Jesus] belongs to no age, no race, no creed.  When [people] look into his face, they see etched the glory of their own possibilities, and their hearts whisper, “Thank you and thank God!”

                               Howard Thurman

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in the beginning

Sacred became incarnate

 

In the earth

In the seas

In the sky

 

Incarnate in the animals, and fish and birds

 

and above all in humankind

those created in the image

those in who Sacred was planted

almost indelibly

 

but the image became blurred

choices were made

agendas embraced

 

the “sin” of power

changed everything

and paradise was lost,

 

and then Sacred became incarnate again

in Jesus

one in who the image was not blurred

one who ceded power

who emptied himself

and loved, and served, and forgave, and healed

 

and died

and rose!

for the divine cannot die

 

when we gaze at Jesus

we see what it looks like when the divine presence

shine through human frailty

we see what happens when the sacred within is given

so much freedom

that it becomes the driving force

behind a person’s thoughts, and words, and actions

 

we see the light shine in the darkness

we see the way

 

the way we should be

the way we can be

 

we see what it looks like when love wins

 

I am so thankful for Jesus

God with us

showing us the way

showing us the possibilities

 

and I am in awe

of that kind of love

and of the fact that when Sacred is loose in my soul

 

I can be, at least a little bit

Like that