the Word became flesh

Saturday June 18th: 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. For John, this is the birth story. Jesus is God who came to dwell among us and bring us the light of hope and truth. This is the God who came to lead us all to glory of heaven. When we get to the message of Jesus and the work of Jesus, we need to ask the question, “is the virgin birth important?” It’s a nice story and was important to the first century Jewish Christians, but is it foundational to us? For me, I confess it and I believe it, but if someday in heaven I find out it is not true, it would be no more traumatic than the day it hit me that my parents were not perfect, just loving, and also realized that I preferred it that way.