The belief that God is separate and distant has torn our awareness and us apart. It has harmed our relationship with others, food, possessions, money, animals, nature, and even our very own bodies.
Incarnation is the bridging of the gap between God and all that is visible and concrete, which God made possible through Christ. Without this unification of matter and spirit, God remains separate from us and from creation.
The whole essence of Christianity is founded on the Incarnation – Jesus did not remain Word, he became flesh.
We are insecure about our bodies, but Jesus came to show us that we must trust our human and temporal experiences. Our bodies are truly the temple of the Holy Spirit, and we hopefully realize that the material world has always been a privileged place for divine encounter.
When two bearers of God’s image are brought together in love, there is space for something divine and sacred. Two spirits, two bodies, two stories are drawn so close that they are something together that they cannot be alone, there is oneness.
Colossians 2:9–10 “In his body lives the fullness of divinity, and in him you too find your fulfillment”
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