His Coming Changed Everything

Posted on December 26, 2008 
Filed Under Life, Personal, Spiritual Life

As we wrap up the Christmas season, here’s a thought that I continue to ponder.

Every December I turn to many wonderful recollections as a child. I enjoy seeing the hundreds of “Kodak moments” associated with Christmas which are etched upon my mind. Truly, this is a special time of year. But why? Is it because of warm memories? Family times? Great food? A day or two off from work? Childhood activities?

Many years ago a friend gave me a devotional by Frederick Buechner, an exceptional and influential writer. “Listening To Your Life” is a selection of Buechner’s works, excerpted into bite-size pieces for daily consumption and enjoyment. He is a gifted and somewhat provocative writer, one who prompts many thoughts and invariably leaves me savoring the perspective he offers – even when I don’t agree with some of his views.

Here’s part of the entry from that book for today, December 26, showing what the birth of Christ was really about:

…when the child was born, the whole course of history was changed. That is a fact as hard and blunt as any fact. Art, music, literature, our culture itself, our political institutions, our whole understanding of ourselves and our world – it is impossible to conceive of how differently world history would have developed if that child had not been born.

There is an inescapable conclusion one reaches about Jesus’ humble beginning. And that is this: He left an indelible mark on everything. On everyone. Believe Him or not, He changed the world.

More than a dream, more than a religious “story,” the coming of Christ as a babe was – and is – a world-changer. Everything is different because He came. His birth was a pivotal moment for the world.

How has He changed your life?

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