Morning Musings on the Eve of Christmas Eve

"For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich."
2 Corinthians 8:9


"Let us then rejoice in this grace, so that our glorying may bear witness to our good conscience by which we glory, not in ourselves but in the Lord. That is why Scripture says, 'He is my glory, the one who lifts up my head.' For what greater grace could God have made to dawn on us than to make his only Son become the Son of man, so that human beings might in their turn become children and heirs of God? Ask if this is merited; ask for its reason, for its justification, and whether you will find any other answer but sheer grace." Augustine. 


"Mild He lays His glory by,
Born that man no more may die.
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth."
Charles Wesley, Hark the Herald Angels Sing