Through and For

Readings: Psalm 113, Genesis 25:19-28, Colossians 1:15-20

He is the image of the Invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers – all things have been created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16

All things have been created through him and for him? The one who was with God from the beginning, who is God, is the one I’m walking to Bethlehem to see? Nothing is disconnected from him, and nothing is lost to him. Billions of stars and uncountable sub-atomic particles are joined together in him. All the creatures who ever were, all who are, and all who shall some day come to be, are related in him.

No one is lost, abandoned, or forgotten. Everything is held by God, created for God’s delight. Perhaps God came to us as a baby so we might have the gift of holding him.

Come, Lord Jesus, Come.

2 thoughts on “Through and For

  1. Bill Albritton

    In the presence of such Awesomeness it is no wonder why we must be told time and again not to fear. Who can be afraid of a baby we are holding? Go out beyond the universe into the cosmos and beyond and it is never ending. Go in to the atoms, quarks, strings and it is never ending. But a baby in my arms I get. Scary and wonderful all together–thank you, Johnna.

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