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<\/a>I wrote this prayer of thanksgiving for the Christmas season this year.\u00a0 I have been trying to pray it as a reminder of the true depth and beauty of what happened at Christmas; which is a great\u00a0season to give thanks for the incarnation. I pray it would be a blessing to you this year in some way.\u00a0<\/em>\n<\/div>\nFather we thank you for the incarnation.<\/div>\n
We thank you for sending and showing us your love.
\nWe thank it\u2019s revelation in flesh and blood.<\/div>\n
\nWe thank it\u2019s revelation in flesh and blood.<\/div>\n
That declaration of who you are;<\/div>\n
not in a philosophy so far above us;<\/div>\n
not in a law so beyond our attainment;<\/div>\n
but in that universal language we all share;<\/div>\n
The universal language of human life.<\/div>\n
You gave us your love in a man.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
He walked like us.<\/div>\n
Breathed our air.<\/div>\n
He got dirty.<\/div>\n
He ate fish.<\/div>\n
He laughed.<\/div>\n
He had a mother.<\/div>\n
He had friends.<\/div>\n
\n
He felt pain and loss.<\/div>\n
He was tempted.<\/div>\n
He was betrayed.<\/div>\n
He was like us in every way;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
but sin.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
But he became sin.<\/div>\n
So that we might become the righteousness of God.
\nHe took on our life and gave us your life.
\nHe came into the storm of our world and calmed it.
\nHe met the demons and bound them.
\nHe touched the leper and cleaned them.
\nHe gathered the hungry and fed them.
\nHe saw the lost and called them.
\nHe encountered death and trampled it.
\nHe suffered under our sin and he forgave it.
\nHe healed our brokenness at every turn.\nThanksgiving for the Incarnation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I wrote this prayer of thanksgiving for the Christmas season this year.\u00a0 I have been trying to pray it as a reminder of the true depth and beauty of what\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/billykangas\/2017\/12\/thanksgiving-for-the-incarnation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thanksgiving for the Incarnation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I wrote this prayer of thanksgiving for the Christmas season this year.\u00a0 I have been trying to pray it as a reminder of the true depth and beauty of what\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" 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\nHe took on our life and gave us your life.
\nHe came into the storm of our world and calmed it.
\nHe met the demons and bound them.
\nHe touched the leper and cleaned them.
\nHe gathered the hungry and fed them.
\nHe saw the lost and called them.
\nHe encountered death and trampled it.
\nHe suffered under our sin and he forgave it.
\nHe healed our brokenness at every turn.\n
Father we thank you for Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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