Presbyterian publication These Days for 12/25/12 is written by Roger J. Gench of Washington, DC. His commentary is on John 1:1-14. He says he discovered that the postal service in Britain offers discounts "for unsealed greeting cards containing no more than five words in addition to the sender's name."
Mr. Gench challenges us to figure out what five words we would write.
I thought for several minutes before I read his choice. First I thought "Peace be with you." That's four so I had one to spare. Then I thought "Child of God" or C.O.G, but that was only three now leaving me with two to spare. "Jesus is born on Christmas" well I couldn't get the word "day" in there or that's six. I finally settled on "Jesus born on Christmas day." Ta da.
Mr. Gench's choice was "And the Word became flesh." Wow. How simple. How profound.
In modern times we too often ignore religion in favor of fantasy. It disturbs me greatly that the youth trend is to believe in vampires and werewolves but not God. I can't understand what is wrong with these folks. My family were not big believers but with time and many spiritual and miraculous experiences, I know God exists. I struggle to make my life and beliefs visible to all in my daily walk with humanity. But, my good news is that I continue.
