“The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.” (Isaiah 11:6)
No king upon a majestic throne! No supernatural phenomenon! No mighty fanfare piercing the airwaves! The gurgling and quiet cooing of an innocent baby! What a peculiar way for God to meet us at the intersection of the human and the divine. How unsophisticated of God! Christmas is a child and a time for children and a time for the child-like qualities which lie there deep beneath the surface of our adult competence and coolness. Today we continue the sad saga of the slaughter of innocents by our deliberate intent or willful neglect. Unless we become as little children, even as this one unique child, can we really hope to inherit the Kingdom of God? Of such is this Kingdom, so we are told. How childish can we be to not see the love of God and the sweet mysteries of life in the face and form, the beautiful trust, of a baby? “And a little child…..the Prince of Peace….shall lead them.”
-- Don G. Smith, Lorne Park Baptist Church, Mississauga, Ontario, December 7, 1985
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