John 1:1-14
What is the essence of God being with us? Is it not that God is with us in heart and
mind, being and substance? Is it not
that God is with us regardless of our differences from God and differences with
God? Is it not that God is with us by
choice, out of Love, to be the Grace that we need and show us the truth of
life?
Is the logos not life? Is it not agaph? Is the Word Grace? Yes, and more. The Word is the force of life that courses through
our veins and the universe, connecting all lives with one life. The Word is the light that shines in and through
all people to counter the darkness of lies in truth. The Word overcomes falsehood, destruction,
despair and death. The Word overcomes
the world and its ways that are lived out of the falsehoods of empire that lead
to destruction, despair and death. The
Word endures in the universe and in these lives to enlighten everyone. The Word is life, life abundant and life
forever.
The Word is the Word, whether received or not,
acknowledged or not, accepted or not, known or not. It is, nonetheless, the Word, and it gives
the power of those who live within it to be children of God, born of Spirit and
happening to live in flesh.
The Word became flesh for a time to dwell among us and
identify with us, so that we could identify with the Word in the world, address
the world with the Word and transform the world through the Word. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us to
give us example of how to live within God in the world, applying the perfect
love originated by God to the world, and thus transforming the world. The Word became flesh so that we, the flesh,
might become Word in the world – Love in the world, Grace in the world, Truth
in the world and Life in the world. As the
Word made flesh is full of Grace and Truth, so are we who know, love and follow
the Word to be Grace and Truth, and thus the flesh made Word in the world.
So, the essence of God being with us, is the essence
of us being with God – in how we live and move and have our being within God,
in how we live as flesh made Word, knowing that the Kingdom of God is within
and among us. Jesus’ prayer in this same
Gospel is that we would be one as He and the Father are one, in them as one. The Word, who was with God and is God,
desires to be one with us. Transcend and
Transform my sisters and brothers.
Transcend the values of this world in empire and embrace the values of
the Kingdom of God. Transform a world
that is full of the darkness created by empire with Love, perfect Agape Love,
so that we may live within God and know life, life abundant and life
forever. Transcend the ways of darkness
and lies, the ways of destruction and despair and death. Transform into sustainable light and life in
joy and peace and hope. Transcendence
and Transformation only come through the Word – the Power of Agape Love.
Be people of the Word made flesh. Be the flesh made Word in the world. The logos is agaph.
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