Surprises of the Season

Merry Christmas, everyone. I just wanted to share a few thoughts that I have had

rolling in my mind for the last couple of weeks. As this season dawns once again,

I have found myself sitting still, letting my thoughts drift into the quiet places where life

is examined through the lens of surprise. Jesus coming was the great surprise of human history.

Humanity, even at its best, was wandering, slipping along in its weary search

for peace and wholeness in a world too far from God to hear His footsteps, yet always sensing

the ache of that distance and brokenness. They had been promised a guide, one who would take

their hand and lead them back into communion with their maker. But after 400 years of silence,