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Scripture: John 1:14
“The Word became flesh and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Reflection
Everything changes in this one sentence: The Word became flesh.
The eternal, preexistent Word—the same Word that spoke creation into being—stepped into human skin. The God beyond time entered time. The invisible became visible. Glory took on weight, muscle, breath, and bone.
God didn’t shout at us from the clouds. He moved into the neighborhood.
He didn’t just visit for a moment—He lived with us, shared our sorrows, laughed at our jokes, sat at our tables, and bled on our soil. The incarnation is not a metaphor. It’s a miracle. And it tells us something staggering:
God wants to be with us. Not above us. Not merely for us. With us.
In every ache of your body, in every joy that fills your chest, in every ordinary detail of life, He is present. The Word is still here. Not distant. Not abstract. But full of grace and truth, wrapped in the rhythms of humanity.
Christmas is not just a story of a baby born long ago. It is the declaration that God is not done entering the world in flesh and blood—especially yours.
Centering Prayer
Incarnate Christ,
You didn’t shout from heaven—you stepped into our world. Help me honor the holiness of being human. Let me meet You in breath and bone, in tears and laughter. Make my life a dwelling place where the Word still becomes flesh. – Amen
Practice for Today
Touch your own skin—your hands, your face, or a scar—and remember: God honored this. He wore this. Treat your body today as sacred space where Christ is welcome to dwell.
Journaling Prompt
What does it mean to you personally that God became flesh—and how does it change the way you view your own humanity?
Blessing for the Day
Allow the mystery of incarnation fill you with wonder.
Let the nearness of Jesus settle into your skin.
You are not alone, not abandoned, not forgotten.
The Word became flesh… for you.
Pray As You Go
Breathe in: You became flesh…
Breath out: … to dwell with me