John 1:1-18

The opening lines of John contain thoughts and ideas that I just can't wrap my head around. My limited mind has trouble imagining that something was here before the world began. Maybe that's the ego of the human brain.

But I am also comforted by knowing that the Word...Jesus... was here before the world began. Think about it: He has seen every moment of life here on Earth. God created everything in our universe. God made every rock, every bug, every lion, every lamb. He created solar systems. He created the little hairs that make up my eyebrows. This is a God of grand concepts, and small details.

Our God has been present since the very first moment of creation. He saw the dinosaurs and the ice ages. His hands caused the continental drift. His breath made the winds that formed the mountains and the deserts.

And our God has witnessed every moment of human existence. The discovery of fire. The invention of the wheel. The discovery of penicillin. The invention of the microchip.

Through wars, peace, birth, death, love, music, and every day living, God has been present with us.

And yet, with that omnipresent view on the world, it still wasn't enough.

God loved us so much, wanted to understand us so much, wanted to be with us so much, that He left the safety of His own world, and came into ours. This is, truly, an act of love.