17 December 2018
Meditation on the Incarnation
Then come to him, lying in the lap of the fairest and sweetest maid. You
will see how great is the divine goodness, which seeks above all else that
you should not despair. Trust him! Trust him! Here is the Child in whom
is salvation. To me there is no greater consolation given to mankind than
this, that Christ became man, a child, a babe, playing in the lap and at the
breasts of his most gracious mother. Who is there whom this sight would
not comfort? Now is overcome the power of sin, death, hell, conscience,
and guilt, if you come to judge this gurgling Babe and believe that he is
come, not to judge you, but to save.
Martin Luther’s Christmas Book
Meditation on the Incarnation
Then come to him, lying in the lap of the fairest and sweetest maid. You
will see how great is the divine goodness, which seeks above all else that
you should not despair. Trust him! Trust him! Here is the Child in whom
is salvation. To me there is no greater consolation given to mankind than
this, that Christ became man, a child, a babe, playing in the lap and at the
breasts of his most gracious mother. Who is there whom this sight would
not comfort? Now is overcome the power of sin, death, hell, conscience,
and guilt, if you come to judge this gurgling Babe and believe that he is
come, not to judge you, but to save.
Martin Luther’s Christmas Book
