Moving House

I helped some friends to move house today.  We spent a long time packing up all of their belongings into different sized and different shaped boxes.  And then those boxes moved across town into a new house, into a different neighbourhood. 

 

Now the long process of unpacking will begin, as they make this new house their home.

 

The Bible describes how at Christmas, God made his home amongst us too.

 

John writes in his gospel,

 

"So the Word became human and made his home among us."

[John 1:14 NLT]

 

and in another translation we read,

 

          "The Word became flesh and blood,

          and moved into the neighbourhood."

 

[John 1:14 MSG]

 

Jesus didn't just come for a flying visit, or a short trip.  He didn't just come with a weekend bag.  He came to unpack all of His boxes in our hearts and in our lives.  He came to make Himself like us.  He came to make His home among us and to move in with us.   

 

He came to live with us. To experience all of life with us.  And to stand by us through it all.