Looking at some photos I took on a flight over the glaciers of Mount Denali in Alaska, I was reminded of how awed I was by the vastness of it all. Miles and miles of snow with only the occasional jutting of a rock was seeable. Such is God’s love!

Looking back on some photos of our children when they were newborn, I was reminded again of the vastness and wonder of it all. Smiling down at a newborn child—so tiny, so vulnerable, so dependent upon others for nourishment—what will he grow up to be? How will she be a blessing for others someday? Such is God’s love!

God’s love is as vast as the most magnificent landscape we can see (and then some!). Yet God chose to bring the greatest gift humankind could receive (salvation, hope, forgiveness, and an example of how we can live in peace and harmony in our broken world) in the form of a tiny human baby called Jesus. We as humans think we can be powerful, show our superiority, and rule others through the force of armies, ammunition, and swagger. God chooses a child, Jesus our Savior, to accomplish what humankind so desperately needs.

Unto us a child is born this day by the name of Jesus, God’s gift to you and me. Hallelujah!

Prayer: Awesome God, we praise you for your gift of Jesus to bring hope and salvation to our world. Amen .