(Wrote this on the 6th/Epiphany, but didn't get it posted immediately. It fits for the entire season though.)
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During Christmastide this year I read Elizabeth Goudge's 'I Saw Three Ships'. (Such a sweet little story, highly recommend!) The paragraph at the top of this page has really stuck with me and I wanted to share for Epiphany today.
Epiphany is when we remember the Wise Men bringing their gifts to Christ and the light -- the Gospel -- now going to the Gentiles. 💓 I've always heard how the gold points to Christ's kingship, the frankincense to His divinity, and the myrrh to His death. We should always, ALWAYS see how every passage points to Christ first and foremost (so that's good), but downstream from that I think Goudge's quote above is very intriguing and fits the context too.
As we celebrate Epiphany today -- with joy and gladness for God's unimaginable goodness and kindness in sending His precious Son to save us poor lost sinners -- may we respond with utter humility, prostrate with trembling joy before Him -- laying all of our living, our prayers, and our death in His service. Not for what we think He should best do with them, but really and genuinely in His service, however that looks and whatever He pleases for us to do. ✝️
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