Do you know who Bill Gates is? He started a computer software company called Microsoft and is one of the richest men in the world. If Bill Gates were your dad do you think that he would be willing to buy you things you could never have otherwise? Imagine if President Obama were your uncle. Do you think he would invite you to the White House sometime? Do you think that you would have the opportunity to talk to him about your concerns and ideas for the world? Hold that in mind…
When I was younger, something about how we professed the Nicene Creed on Sundays struck me as strange: “For us men and for our salvation He came down from heaven. *Profound Bow* By the power of the Holy Spirit, He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. *Straighten* He was crucified under Pontius Pilate. He suffered, died, and was buried.” I wondered, “Why do we bow for Jesus being born? Heck, even I was even born. Why don’t we bow for His suffering instead?”
We tend to think of God becoming man as a perfectly normal thing for God to do, we take it for granted, but it is actually the most surprising thing that has ever happened in history. The divine Son became one of us so that He could be our brother, and so that His Father could be ours. “See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are.”
Our heavenly Father is unimaginably rich, and He wants to provide for you and bless you. Our Father is all-powerful, and He is always open to hearing your prayers. Our Father in heaven has a house far greater than the White House, and He is preparing a place for you to stay. Remember this: you are a child of God the Father, and that’s a big deal.
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February 9, 2011 at 10:20 pm |
Nice job!!!!!
February 10, 2011 at 2:40 pm |
I never heard of the profound bow until I saw my prince doing it. I, too, wondered why it came at the Incarnation instead of the Passion! But the two are really of a piece–the Passion is only the culmination of the Incarnation.