Exponential Epiphany
A chilly night, open fields, silence except for the donkey’s gait and labored breath, a lone star lighting the way, few inns, three kings, and the impending birth of our Messiah. Fast forward to 2020: over seven and a half billion people, unrelenting noise, despair, over-crowded cities, unbalanced scales of abundance and scarcity glaring disparagingly, hate, and intolerance oscillate like a powerful vortex inhaling and ingesting until the subjects are captured and numb.
At a glance, the worlds dramatically differ, but meticulous examination calls out the realization that times haven’t changed much in the last few millennia. The census is considerably higher, but the human condition with all its exorbitances and catastrophes prevails.
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In the age of information, technology, and vapid consumerism, we are speeding along, busied beyond the cognitive boundaries, preoccupied with anything that will distract long enough and produce some excitement or transient happiness. Exponentially speaking, we should be more joyful, faithful, and compassionate. Expanded population should quantify as increased faith, and tally as perceived goodwill.
January 6th was the Epiphany of our Lord, Jesus Christ, who is the incarnation of The Almighty on earth. Also known as Three Kings Day or Theophany, the kings walked far to greet this miraculous manifestation.
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As we sift through history, we note that God has created stupendous works, but clearly out did Himself with Jesus. A tiny innocent babe, radiating Light and peace. Who could resist? Apparently, many.
This marks the twelfth day after Christmas. There is still time for your epiphany. What will it be? Who will be involved? How will you accomplish it? Living in exponential times should mean we have exponential faith, love, and cordiality.
Yet, these charitable traits are not readily visible, some may be buried beneath a rash of unsavory feelings and grudges, where they never witness light, or feel warmth. Set in a void, they fester - isolated, but reactive. Such harmful debris needs to be kept in check, and removed. Let this Christmas season be the moment to expunge the unnecessary, unwarranted, and undermined, and replace with understanding and love. Let us whole-heartedly seek the star, faithfully follow it, and adore Jesus. Behold. Believe. Become.
~ “… For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him,” Matthew 2:2 ~
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