Word Made Flesh

In the beginning
 was the Word,
 and the Word 
was with God,

 and the Word
 was God. He 
was in the 
beginning with
 God.

 All things came 
into being through him, and without him 

not one thing came into being. What has come into being in 

him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light

 shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He

 came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might 

believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he 

came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens

 everyone, was coming into the world.

 He was in the world, and the world came into being through 

him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was 

his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all 

who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power

 to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or 

of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.

 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we 

have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full 

of grace and truth. (John testified to him and cried out, ‘This

 was he of whom I said, “He who comes after me ranks ahead

 of me because he was before me.” ’) From his fullness we

 have all received, grace upon grace. The law indeed was given

 through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

 No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is 

close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.

 John 1:1-18

I am home today since we have been inundated with snow. It may

be March, but winter is holding on tight. We bought some daffodils

just to liven up the late winter pallor that hovers over all things. I

am reminded that we need winter snow and clod to reinvigorate

the earth, and to return hope and promise to the world. There are

just some days when new life seems far off.

We hear the opening lines of the Gospel of John which paint a

picture of the Divine's evoking word bringing the love of the

world to our trembling humanity. God's heart is living among us so

that we might know new life in the midst of cold, decay and human

failure. What hope that gives us in snowy and painful times.

Today, I ask God to restore my hope in the coming days. May we

live as those who have been imbued with the love of God, the Word

made flesh, and live as servants of love made known.