December 25, 2014
There's an ancient
legend that when God created the heavens and the earth and everything in them,
they were created through the use of words:
"Let
there be light," and there was light.
"Let
the waters teem with living creatures," and it was done.
Everything that God made with words
was good.
But God was especially proud and
fond of the man and woman because they contained God; a part of God's life-giving spirit.
This made the devil jealous and
angry.
And so, one day, when God was
enjoying the company of the man and the woman, the devil "happened"
by.
He walked up to God, and with a
sneer asked him what he liked so much about these creatures.
When God was ready to speak, the
devil craftily put a bond upon his tongue. God could not talk!
God's creative power was in words
and the devil had bound that power!
The devil laughed at God and struck
the man and woman many times very hard.
As time passed, the devil came back
to mock God.
He scoffed at God's silence and
helplessness. God responded by holding up one finger. "One?" asked
the devil.
"You
want to say one word, is that it?"
"Yes," nodded God,
pleading with sad eyes and urgent hands.
The arrogant devil thought to
himself, "What harm can God do with just one word?"
So he removed the bond from God's
tongue.
Then God spoke one word in a whisper
in the middle of the night.
God spoke it for the man and woman,
and it brought them great joy.
It was a word that gathered up all
the love and forgiveness and creativity stored up the whole time of the long
silence.
The one word spoken was
"Jesus!"
God has spoken this "word"
to us once and for all and won't take it back:
Jesus is with us and for us for all
time.
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