Did they know?

 

It’s the thing that takes my breath away. 

As I gaze in on these two and their mission. As I think about their fireside chats and the awe of what God is up to in their lives. 

The fear that must have crept in mingled with the joy of being chosen to carry the Messiah. 

And I’m just here wondering, did they know? Did they understand?

Their baby, the one resting inside that teenager - IS Love. 

Did they really get it? 

Like in their souls, did they know this whole thing is actually a Love story?

A Divinely written, God breathed Love story. 

Set in motion and foretold hundreds and hundreds of years earlier. 

And there’s that young couple making their way to a manger - carrying Heaven’s Love Letter. 

The perfect Love Letter.  With their names, and your name - and mine too written on His heart. 

I just can’t stop thinking about it. 

Love. Himself. 

About to be delivered to us. 

And everything is about to change. Because that’s what Love does. 

He changes every single thing. 

Today as you peer in on the final moments of their journey, keep a keen eye on the details. 

Notice the Love story and all God pulled together. 

His heart fixed on you, bursting out of Heaven and into humanity. 

Love is making His way to us. Hand delivered by God Himself. 

It’s the whole point.

He. Jesus. 

Is the whole point. 

May you let yourself linger long in the miracle of His birth and all this means.

❤️Nicole

“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭9-10‬ ‭(NIV‬‬)

Ps. This beautiful picture is by Artist Mike Moyers