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Today we take up the text of The Epiphany... where God's glory was manifested to the Gentiles for the first time. The magi from the east came on their long journey to worship Jesus. This is a fitting reality check for all of us who feel the cold, dark, circumstances of life settle back in after the warm, bright glow of Christmas. The same was true for Jesus.  The Magi's question, "Where is the One who was born king of the Jews?" pushes Herod into a murderous rage... and he wants to snuff out this light to protect his own power. Even so, God's story of salvation persists. And the wideness of His mercy to these very surprising people can encourages us: because there is no distance from Jesus that is too great for God to bring us to His Son.