It has been an interesting
year politically. Brexit and President
Designate Trump have been just two examples of that. “Predictable” might not be the best word to
describe the state of politics or indeed the World at this point of time. For many who live on this planet unpredictability
and uncertainty are the stuff of daily life.
Maybe your life has felt like that in the past. Maybe your life feels like that today.
Into an uncertain world
around 2000 years ago was born a baby called Jesus. Health, hygiene and Herod (the local king
serving under the Roman occupation) meant that there were plenty enough risks
around. The baby Jesus was
vulnerable. Yet this is how God acts. Rather than avoiding risk, uncertainty and
unpredictability Jesus is born into the very centre of it. Jesus understands our vulnerabilities, the
uncertainties of the world we live in, and the lives we have. Jesus being born into the midst of that uncertainty
2000 years ago brought the potential for change. When Jesus is invited into the situations of
uncertainty and vulnerability that we find ourselves in today he also brings
that potential of change.
Just as Jesus reached out
to us through a baby born in Bethlehem, and just as he reaches out to us today,
so may I invite you to reach out to him and invite him into your life, your
home, your circumstances this Christmas?
Why not go along to a church service this Christmas to find out more?
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