The Word Became Flesh
The Incarnation is the wonderful, amazing, supernatural event that is at the center of Christmas. I posted articles by a couple of different people discussing the Incarnation.
Here are the links.
“…the first thing to know about Christmas is this: it is about the incarnation of God.”
Hope you won’t shy away because of the length. There’s good stuff here!
Several of the poems in my book address the Incarnation very directly. Here’s the one that I included in my Advent facebook posts.
God So Loved
For God so loved the world—
So loved this blue-green jewel
Floating in perfect orbit
In the vast reach of space
With its myriad inhabitants
The earth and its creatures
And man in God’s own image
Those sheep without a shepherd
That he gave—
Father, Son, and Spirit together
Chose to freely give
His Son—
Chose
That the second person of the Trinity
Took human flesh
Grew nine months in the womb
Was birthed and thrived
From infancy to toddlerhood
From teens to manhood
That he lived for 30 years or so
In the vicinity
Of 32 degrees North
And 35 degrees East
Under the vicissitudes of Roman rule
Trod the dusty roads of Palestine
Healing and teaching
God so loved the world
That he gave his only Son—
To lay down his life to pay the price
For sinful man to live again at peace with God
That whoever believes in him—
Whoever believes
From all that seething human mass
Whoever looks on the face of the Son
And trusts the love of Jesus and his hard
work on the cross
Though his body die his soul will live
That whoever believes in him
Will not perish
But have everlasting life.
–Rhonda Brown
Borrowing a greeting from Anthony Costello, writer of two of the articles I’ve referenced here,
“Merry Incarnation Day!”
The Word Became Flesh
*My early poem is available in the archives of the Utmost Christian Writers poetry contest.
I have written many things about the world of poems and have published many of my own poems and stories here at Poet Monk Blogs

