Christ entered a dark world. Not the inner-city darkness that fills a room with faint beams of streetlights and occasional headlights flashing as vehicles pass. He entered darkness that you can feel.

Sometimes when we choose servitude under the submission of God, we will have to be emptied out for his sake in ways we wouldn’t dream of. But it is always a blessing to be emptied of ourselves and filled up with Christ.

He didn’t come when we were strong. While we were still misfits, Christ came to love us.

In this excerpt from A Light Has Dawned Meditations on Advent and Christmas (Best of Christianity Today) by Lexham Press, Elisabeth Elliot writes about the mysterious gift of the Incarnation of Christ.

Heather Morton helps us to see how significance comes from who we reflect, not how bright we shine our own light.

Brianna Lambert shows us the scope of the Christmas is much greater than just the events in Bethlehem.