Love -- Full of Grace

Pushing. Shoving. Sighing. Toe-tapping. Spend, spend, spend. Horn-honking. One-day sales. Rushing. Anxiety. Deadlines. Long lines. Do these words describe the season?  I suspect everyone suffers through one or  more of these seasonal traumas.

 

Amid the chaos of David's city, Jesus arrived in perfect grace.  Grace was perhaps least expected in the crowded town of over-booked inns where patience was severely lacking.  God must have looked through His own tears to see the timely arrival of His Gift to the world -- everything the world needed for the moment and for all eternity.  The world would soon know the extent of The Father's grace in sending His Son to be our Savior.  The angels could not contain themselves and declared it.  Mary's heart overflowed as she pondered it.  Joseph could only stand in quiet awe of it.  And, the shepherds surmounted their lowly state to repeat it to others. What kind of love is this?  Love -- full of grace!