FROM TODAY'S READING...
Merry Christmas...
"Whenever we consider those to whom the good news came, we must recite a list punctuated by the words ‘poor’ and ‘humble.’ Martin Luther remarked, ‘He might have gone to Jerusalem and picked out Caiaphas’s daughter, who was fair, rich, clad in gold embroidered raiment and attended by a [gathering] of maids in waiting. But God preferred a lowly maid from a mean town.’ And if the Incarnation happened today, it would be the same. The Lord would not be born in Jerusalem or Rome or Geneva or Canterbury, but on the ordinary streets of some nameless town.”
R. Kent Hughes
Luke, Vol. 1 - That You May Know The Truth
Luke 1:46-50 (NIV) And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me—holy is his name. His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.”
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