we all know the story in luke that linus recites about the birth of Jesus Christ. but do we know the spiritual story?

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14

people ask how we know He was fully God and fully man? well here ya go!

however, what i want to touch on is the fact that this somehow gets missed alot of the time. people focus so much on the physical birth that they seem to forget that Jesus is older than that. He was with the Father from before time began.

He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
John 1:2-4

it is also Jesus that gives us life. it is his light that gives us that light for which we may live fully by. He came to be a light unto the darkness. through that light we can and will be born again and to quote: children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. (John 1:13). it is here that we understand the far reaching ramifications of that little babies birth. although that wasn’t the start of His existence, it was the start of His human interaction, and eventually His march towards the redemption of the world through His death.

it’s been like forever and still nothing has been posted here. what a slacker! well, finals month is over (it’s a 15 day month), and now it’s time to get back to work on my websites. i’m having fun with computers and will be updatingn everything over the next few days. so if things look really weird, don’t be too suprised. however, if you do find something totally odd and that needs to be fixed, please, let me know. have fun and happy holidays. and merry frelling christmas!

it’s interesting that there is one prayer, when said from the heart, that always gets answered.

Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”
Luke 17:11-13

have pity on the sinner. pity has an interesting connotation in todays vernacular. however, it’s still a major part of what we need when we come to Christ. so what is it that we need with pity? what really comes out of it?

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
James 1:17

when we come to Christ unabashed and being with Him, we get every good and perfect thing we need. there’s nothing we need to really worry about but walking with God, and as we do, everything else will fall into place.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34

But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
Phil. 3:7-8

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds
James 1:2