Our fascination with the stars is as old as . . . one gorgeous night in Eden. As darkness first descended on God’s rich, untrammeled world, there was no fear, no threat, no shying from the shadows. A dazzling panoply of stars entranced the first two humans ever subject to their brilliance, mystery, and power.
We name the stars to tame them—just to counterfeit some ownership over what we never can control. We search for patterns, figures, shapes. We stare as fragments of their shining streak across our sky.
But only once in all the history of the world did those the world counts wise pick up, strike tents, and follow what they couldn’t grasp or own. “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw His star as it rose, and we have come to worship Him” (Matt 2:2).
What grace is this that leads us on to Jesus? How much like God to hang a symbol in the night that brings us to His Son! “‘I will be found by you,’ says the Lord. ‘I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes’” (Jer 29:14).
Grace calls us first to see, and then to wonder, then to follow with our lives.
Journey to the Child this Christmas, and discover once again how hope is rising in your night.
And stay in grace. -Bill Knott
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WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGES (September 27, 2019)
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DRENCHED BUT DELIGHTED (August 30, 2019)
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GRACE UNDER FIRE (August 9, 2019)
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THE CHOICE THAT HEALS (July 26, 2019)
THE DAWN OF TRUST (July 19, 2019)
ALL OF GRACE, GRACE FOR ALL (July 12, 2019)
GRACEFULLY WRONG (July 5, 2019)
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PLAYFUL, JOYFUL, WE ADORE THEE (June 21, 2019)
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