Creation and Christianity at Christmastime

Angels from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang creation’s story
Now proclaim Messiah’s birth.

In a way, this verse from the classic Christmas hymn captures the themes that I’m striving to examine in this blog. Like the angels, we can also sing (and study) creation’s story. It is a story of beauty, wonder, and excitement. The origins of life, its development into the forms we see today, and the emergence of humanity serve to evidence God’s awesome power.

But the story doesn’t stop there. Not only do the angels sing creation’s story, they proclaim the Messiah’s birth! We live our lives in the middle of multiple dimensions: physical, emotional, spiritual. No single one will tell us everything we need to know about being human.

This Christmas day, think about what it means that God created the universe ex nihilo, that life formed and we evolved within that universe, and that God himself entered it in order to save us from our fallen ways. Think about these things, along with the angels, and ponder the wonder of this season.

Merry Christmas!