and dwelt among us

John 1:12-14 ESV

 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 

I love palindromes.

Wow.

Mom.

Taco cat.

Racecar.

A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!

Eva, can I stack cats in a cave?

And the scriptures are full of them. Not the wordplay ones so much (although wordplay's there too), but palindrome events. There are all sorts of little mirrors set up, where something happens and then the same thing happens again, but backwards.

Like this passage here, John 1:12-14, where people who believe become children of God, and where the child of God became a person, to help people believe.

And we mirror his giving again every year, giving gifts to show our love for him, just like he gave us Jesus to show his love for us.

Singing carols by candlelight, like angels sang the good news by starlight.

The child of the poor, who came to give us his incorruptible inheritance.

Forwards, backwards, forever and ever, the good news folds and unfolds again: the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

Christ Merrymas, friends.

Xo.

.            (among us! I couldn't resist)