{"id":558,"date":"2008-12-20T22:58:13","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T22:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=558"},"modified":"2009-11-28T04:23:48","modified_gmt":"2009-11-28T04:23:48","slug":"for-chritmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=558","title":{"rendered":"For Christmas day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>more on the same theme from me.. this is part of a liturgy we use at home for Christmas day.<\/p>\n<p>Today we celebrate God\u2019s entry into the world as a baby.<br \/>\nAnd this God is:<br \/>\n<strong>A small God<\/strong><br \/>\nA weak and helpless God<br \/>\n<strong>A vulnerable God<\/strong><br \/>\nA dependant God<br \/>\n<strong>An incompetent God<\/strong><br \/>\nA powerless God<\/p>\n<p>When we look into the face of a Child<br \/>\nWe are looking at the image of God<br \/>\nGod draws us into his presence<br \/>\nBy allowing us to hold him and cuddle him<br \/>\n<strong>Which makes us feel good<\/strong> <em style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iucn-tftsg.org\/?the_mission\">The Mission release<\/a> <\/p>\n<ul style=\"display:none\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mettsalat.de\/?the_note_ii_taking_a_chance_on_love\">The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love trailer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"display:none\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.segd.org\/?the_ninth_gate\">The Ninth Gate hd<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/em> <\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlesurvival.org\/?wolf\">Wolf rip<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jakerocheleau.com\/?bloodsuckers\">Bloodsuckers ipod<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He allows us to giggle and coo at him<br \/>\n<strong>Which gives us life.<\/strong> <strong style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.segd.org\/?material_girls\">Material Girls trailer<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWe gaze into his eyes<br \/>\n<strong>And God looks back at us with complete trust and love.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the God that we celebrate at Christmas<br \/>\nA God who needs humans to take care of him<br \/>\nA God who suckled at his mother\u2019s breast<br \/>\nThis is the Word who had to learn to speak<br \/>\nThis is the Way who had to learn how to walk<br \/>\nThis is the Bread who had to learn to eat solids<br \/>\nThis is the thirst quencher who had to learn to drink from a cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>more on the same theme from me.. this is part of a liturgy we use at home for Christmas day. Today we celebrate God\u2019s entry into the world as a baby. And this God is: A small God A weak &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=558\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2287,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/2287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}