God meets us not so much in the lovely — but in the unlikely – Ann Voskamp
If we can’t ever fly from God, if God could show up anywhere— then when it’s exactly most unlikely for Him to come to us — it is most like Him to come to us right then.
it’s almost be this moan on the wind:
“I just wanted you to remember me….”
“When I was hungry — did you remember Me?
When I was hollowed out and emptied out and worn right out — did you remember Me?
When I was thirsty for water, parched for fresh grace, bone dry for the real Body of Christ — did you remember Me?”
Oh Child.
Oh, Christ Child.
And we go home from the manger to our tree, the scent of God still on us.
We are born in time, still, to embrace the Christ Child: we can hold Christ now in every hurting person we hold.
Did I give You food when You were hungry?
Did I give You water when You were thirsty?
Did I remember You at all this Christmas, Child who bore the Tree?
And on a spinning orb of Christmas Trees, our hearts can pound yes — our limbs and light and love reaching straight out…
– Ann Voskamp http://www.aholyexperience.com/ (edited)
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