I've been thinking about how amazing it is that God voluntarily took on human form in order to make relationship with us possible. After all, he didn't have to do that. We're probably all aware of situations where a relationship has come to an end; where one or both people for whatever reason decide, "It's just not worth the effort or risk to continue being in relationship with you. I can go somewhere else and be better off without you (and certainly in some human situations this is a wise decision)."
God could have done that with us. He could have decided, "You know, I loved creating you, but now that you've messed it up, I'm fine without you and it's just not worth it to me to take on a human body for all eternity, get rejected and abused and die a brutal death on a cross; all in the hopes that some of you will want to come back and be in relationship with me."
He could have decided that, but he didn't! He decided we are worth it to Him to pursue us to the fullest extent possible. To which I say, "Joy to the world, the Lord has come!"
