This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about : His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:18 NIV
Apart from Genesis 1:1 has there been a more understated description in the Bible of world defining events?
God entered His story, wrote himself in to this little family in a tiny backwater town no one had heard of, where nothing good came from.
In our world it seems to be about the big, noisy, the great... & if its not big its not important...
But in God's economy it's often about the understated, the quiet, the small...the humble...
Every act of kindness, of grace, of forgiveness no matter how small or insignificant it may seem is part of God's restoration plan for this world...
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Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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