The Word

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.  What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it."  John 1:1-5

One of my favorite passages.  

Mainly because it requires you to look deeper into the word "Word".  The word is "Logos" in Greek--and the word means, or can mean, lots of things.  I looked it up again, and one of the meanings given said "the cause of all the world's life..."

Insert that sentence into that poem "In the beginning was the cause of all the world's life..." 

But when you look at the other definitions to see it also means "Jesus", and you realize it pretty fast by the end of this quick poem that it is talking about a person.  Jesus.  

I like John's version of the Christmas story.  The cliff's notes version!

Before time began (which can make your mind go crazy thinking about all this means), "the cause of all the world's life" aka Jesus "was".  It/He existed.  It/He was already set in place.  Redemption was before it was even needed.   

That's how much God loves us.  Not only did Jesus redeem us when He actually came to earth, but He did it before earth even existed.  

And not only that, but this Jesus was the cause of life--the way to bring us out of death.  Life was meant to find life in Jesus.  

It really makes your mind spin.  And wonder.  And experience God.  

Pam