The Word Became Flesh

More musing on the Incarnation.

The Word Became Flesh

The Word became flesh
and made His dwelling among men like us:
The hurried, the harried, the complacent, the oblivious.

The Word became flesh
and made His dwelling in a place like ours:
Needy, desperate even, and with so few expecting redemption.

The Word became flesh
and made His dwelling a thing of perfection:
The mundane and miraculous infused with holiness.

The Word became flesh
and made His dwelling accessible:
He was seen, heard, touched - watched, listened to, embraced.

The Word became flesh
and made His dwelling consummately human:
He wept real tears, felt real anger and compassion, was bound with real restraints and nailed to a very real cross.

The Word became flesh
so that blood could be spilled -
the blood without which there would be no reconcile.

The Word became flesh
to SHOW us life.
The Word became flesh
to GIVE us life.

The Word became flesh
and made His dwelling among us.
We beheld His glory,
the glory of the One and Only,
Who came from the Father
full of grace and truth.



MLC 12-20-07
John 1:14