The Light Has Come
Christmas Day does not pretend the night never happened.
It simply declares that it did not win.
The story of Christmas passes through the darkness. The waiting of Mary. The obedience of Joseph. The quiet faith that carried them through uncertainty and into something they could not yet fully see.
And then, in the ordinary and the overlooked, the light arrived.
Not in a palace.
Not with fanfare.
Not once everything was resolved.
But in flesh and breath.
In a manger.
In the middle of a broken world.
Christmas Day is not about pretending life is suddenly perfect. It’s about recognizing that God has stepped into it anyway. The light did not come to decorate the darkness. It came to defeat the darkness
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord”
Not someday.
Not when things improve.
But this day.
That matters for those who woke up this morning still carrying grief, anxiety, loneliness, or exhaustion. The promise of Christmas is not that your circumstances instantly change, but that you are no longer alone in them.
God came close.
Close enough to be touched.
Close enough to be known.
Close enough to save.
If Christmas Eve speaks to those still in the night, Christmas Day speaks to this truth: the light is real. It has come. And it shines even when shadows remain.
You don’t have to manufacture joy today.
You don’t have to force celebration.
You only have to receive the gift that has already been given.
The light has come.
And it comes for you.
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