My Mess

December 25, 2017

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Please watch this short video. It was the final Best Advent Ever video for 2k17.

I have struggled with how I view the word mess.

It's easy to point fingers or shake my head or wonder how and why, toward other people.

This video was a reminder, a good reminder, that it's not just "them" living a messy life, it is me too.

And that's why Jesus came down.

He came down in the form of a babe. Human flesh. Vulnerable and helpless.

He was born in a messy, putrid, gross, and secluded stable. Laid in a manger, where animals fed.

Jesus came down into our mess. My mess!

He came down, born in a mess, to die in a mess, for my mess.

Who am I to judge?

Baby Jesus, come into my heart and help me believe Jesus looks past the mess and sees the heart.

CHRIST HAS NO BODY NOW BUT YOURS - St. Teresa of Avila