The Beauty of Christmas

John 13:5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

During Christmas, it is hard for me to stay only at the birth of Christ. My mind travels to what was ahead for Him. I find myself in awe of the fact that the man who would save the world and show us how to love another would come as a He did. There was nothing kingly about his entrance into the world. And there was nothing kingly about His ministry either. We want to make Jesus this majestic, ornate vision of loveliness, when in actuality He was very ordinary and humble. His countenance was a beautiful image of unconditional love. People were and are drawn to Him because of the way He loves. This is the Jesus I want to know and spend time with, the One who is not proud and pompous, but rather the One who humbly sits on His throne of grace and carries me through this life. He is almighty and powerful in ways that no earthly king ever could be. That's the beauty of Christmas.

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