1 Christmas

Having finished my last paper and written my last thank you note (I had been holding off saying thanks to a few people until after I got done with papers), I now look and find 1 Christmas staring me in the face. I can echo the words of Isaiah, "I will greatly rejoice in the Lord". All this final work felt like birth (as best as a man can imagine it) and now I have Christmas to celebrate. The Gospel is tough though. John's prologue is a complex piece of work, and full of stuff that needs explaining. It can get tempting to try to rip it apart and teach for hours.
Perhaps just knowing the John put a prologue on to his Gospel is enough. To know that the story needed to be explained right up front is warning enough that the contents are loaded. Be careful, this prologue says. Before we tell you any of the story, let me tell you what this is all about. Here we are at Christmas happy and celebratory, and John is saying, "Are you sure you are ready for all of this? This is heavy..."
But no matter, finals are done. Its time to party. I've got until next Sunday till I have to come to grips with what I have been given. Rejoice! The Lord is Here!