Our Embodied God
Opening
As we are present to this unimaginable good news, may it wholly permeate us.
Invitation
Compassionate God, open us to all the ways your love and presence come to us.
Reflection
Scripture Reading: Luke 2:8-14
“In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see–I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!”
Read “Our Embodied God” a few times. Pause and reflect on a word or phrase where you are drawn.
Our Embodied God
Into the darkness of night, the light comes.
It expands and covers everything.
Love is born in the Christ child,
who enters our mess to be present to us:
in each of the places we find ourselves,
into our sorrow and grief,
our pain and our angst,
into our questions and our doubts,
and into our brokenness.
The joyful shouts cry out,
“Glory to God in the highest Heaven.”
They cry out to the God who sees us,
The God who hears us,
who comes embodied as one of us,
human and yet Divine.
Emmanuel, God with us,
lovingly walks beside us,
joyfully resides within us.
Glory Hallelujah to this
incarnated expression of love. Amen.
© 2021, Rev. Eva Sullivan-Knoff