Wonder

I wonder about a lot of things. I'm sure you do too. During this Advent season, Madeleine L'Engle (in Winter Song) is helping me think wondering thoughts about small and big things. Maybe this will be the last quote I share from her:

"Particle physics teaches us that energy and matter are interchangeable. So, for love of us recalcitrant human creatures, the sheer energy of Christ changed into the matter of Jesus, ordinary human matter...born with the seed of death already within the flesh as a sign of solidarity with our mortality.

"But this birth also promises us that our human, mortal matter is permeated with Christ's total energy, the creative energy which shouted into being all the galaxies, hydrogen clouds, solar systems, planets, all life--even us! When Christ was born as Jesus, born of a human mother as all babies are born, that incredible birth honored all our births, and assured us that we, God's beloved children, partake of eternal life. For indeed it follows that as Christ partook of human life, we partake of the divine life.

"How can we trivialize the Incarnation as we have done? It's more than our puny minds can comprehend. It's one reason Jesus kept insisting that we be as little children, because we can understand this wonder only with childheartedness, not with grown-up sophistication."

With that in mind, the day that lies ahead is quivering with significance. Yesterday was too. God was present in our Sunday School class and worship service. In the afternoon we visited two more neighbor families. Time flies. We now have two days in which to pull things together for our simple-but-significant Christmas time in Indiana with our kids and grandkids.

This morning we expect the report on the CA 125 test. Whatever it says, we intend to continue to Fully Rely On God. (Where else can we put our trust?)

Love,
Carol