Because He Is Love

If you were God, would you sleep on straw, nurse from a breast, and be clothed in a diaper?

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I wouldn’t, but Christ did.

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He went from commanding angels to sleeping in the straw.

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From holding stars to clutching Mary’s finger.

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When he saw the size of the womb, he could have stopped.

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When he saw how tiny his hand would be, how soft his voice would be, how hungry his tummy would be, he could have stopped.

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At the first whiff of the stinky stable, at the first gust of cold air.

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The first time he scraped his knee or blew his nose or tasted burnt bagels, he could have turned and walked out.

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When he saw the dirt floor of his Nazareth house.

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When Joseph gave him a chore to do.

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When his fellow students were dozing off during the reading of the Torah, his Torah.

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At any point Jesus could have said, “That’s it! That’s enough! I’m going home.”

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But he didn’t.

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He didn’t, because he is love.

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~ Max Lucado, “A Love Worth Giving”