This week, we come to the story of the angel visitation to the shepherds. The sky was brighter than usual that night, making it easier to keep track of the sheep. And then it got really bright. You would have thought that all that “glory” shining would have been “the sign.” That’s what most of us look for–great big obvious clues about God’s presence.
But instead, the angel says that a baby… a newborn helpless baby in a feeding trough was it–the sign. In a flash, the message was that #morelove is found where you least expect it and perhaps is already there residing in the ordinariness of your life.
When God offers God’s self in this form rather than that of might and force, we recognize that love is what will save us if we but open
ourselves to each other. And we discover that God does and will use the so-called “lowest” or marginalized to bring the real message of love to the world.