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For to us a child is born, to us a son is given;  
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, 
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, 
on the throne of David and over his kingdom, 
to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
Isaiah 9:6-7 ESV
Wrapped up in this tiny helpless baby who in his humanity only knows how to cry, and feed, and poop, is the One who will carry all these titles.
The One who's government, who's rule, who's dominion, will increase and increase. 
Who is peace.
There will be justice.
Things will be put right. 
Our God is going to bring this about, is bringing this about, in the Kingdom of the heart.
As we let His government increase there, let His peace grow more and more.
The zeal of the Lord of Hosts is not about power, but about love.
Love.
May today you and I experience a taste of that love, a glimpse of that Kingdom, of the One who holds all those titles made Himself so small to enter in to our world, our life, our hearts.

"He was created of a mother whom he created.
He was carried by hands that He formed.
He cried in the manger in wordless infancy.
He,
the Word, 
without whom all human eloquence is mute."
Augustine

Meri Kirihimete

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