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Christmas Playlist Devotional 28

by David Joynt on December 25, 2021


John 1:14 | 14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.

Jesus brings things together. As the word, or logos, through when all things were made, he brings together the creation and human history. We can never look at the vast material world indifferently because the hands that shaped it are the same as the hands which reached out in love and invitation in Jesus. The intricate ways that we are connected to the world through biology, physics, and
chemistry and the natural process with their law-like order all point to someone who seeks to save and guide us. Jesus brings together God and His creatures too, because he is full of grace as well as truth. Truth reveals our imperfections and brokenness, as well as our possibilities and potential. Grace overcame our imperfections and brokenness, unlocking our future.

Memorize this verse. Use it as a prayer of gratitude and praise.

Tags: praise, gratitude

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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