Today is December 24th in the final week of Advent.
 
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you.     
 
Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence, and say Come Holy Spirit.  

Today’s reading is from the Gospel of John, chapter 1.


9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. 
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 


Consider what it means for a child to have a healthy, stable attachment to the caregiver. This passage speaks to followers of Jesus as children. And chosen children. God himself has received us, and calls us His own 
 
This Christmas Eve, think about how God, Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, humbled himself, becoming ordinary, and subjecting himself to real humanity. All for the sake of drawing us near to Him. Pray, this evening, for those who do not know that they are loved by God. Pray for a revelation of God’s love to them. 
 
 
Come, thou long expected Jesus, 
born to set thy people free; 
from our fears and sins release us, 
let us find our rest in thee. 

Behold, the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it… 

In the name of the Father, and the son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.