Christmas: God’s Search for Humanity

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Chris Howlett

December 23, 2020

The 12^th century Buddhist poet, Saigyo Hoshi, wrote the following after a visit to a Shinto Grand Temple:

    God’s here?

    Who can know?

    Not I.

    Yet I sigh

    And tears flow

    Tear on tear.

The world longs to experience ultimate reality. People want to believe in and experience a being and power far greater than themselves. All human religions are merely the human search for God.

The Christian faith is radically different. We believe God searches for humans. God sent his only Son, Jesus, to become human so we could know him, experience his love, and know what it is to be truly human. The message of Christmas is the most needed message in the world today. We’re not alone. Life has meaning. There is a purpose driving our existence. There is One who loves us and has reached out to us that we might know and love him.

This Christmas, my prayer is that you would know Jesus and live in such a way that your words and actions help others know and experience God’s presence and grace.

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