When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.
"Get up", he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him".
So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt..
Matthew 2:13-14 NIV
The first Boxing Day was not filled with leftovers and rest, but Joe & Mary getting up in the middle of the night and running for their lives! Sadly today there's still people around the world running for their lives.
Closer to home there will be people we know who are lonely, hurting, in hospital...perhaps there's some time we can carve out to visit, or connect in some way with others. After all Christmas is about giving...
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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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