12.25.08

"When it comes to love, you exist in a unique category.

There are a lot of things that are dispensable to God.

He can re-create whatever he wants.

You, however, are not on that list.

You are unique and irreplaceable.

You are the object of God's love."

-erwin mcManus soul cravings

Read John 1:14

Today we celebrate and remember the day the Word became flesh. The day that God wrapped Truth around flesh and bones to come to earth to stare at us, redeem us, reconcile us.

As we’ve led up to this day, I hope that you have found hope, peace, joy and love. That you have seen those things in others. That you have felt them within your very soul. Because those things are very truth-stakes that Jesus came to claim in our lives. They are beyond real. They are eternal.

We are not promised prosperity or success. We are not promised a carefree highway. We are not promised a house, a car, or a job. But we are promised hope, peace, joy, love. Not just in a life after, but in the life today. Seize these things today. Rejoice today because God is love and Joy can only come from Jesus.

You are part of a community here.

Something bigger.

Something better.

Thanks for sharing life with us, and remember LOVE ALL.

::voices of the valley/\/the bridge::