Into Christmas, He comes

The LORD has come! He has come into the celebration of His birth; has come into the frantic, the frenzied, the joys, the pains, the relationships that have need of reconciliation. He has come into the hearts of those that are mourning; those who have suffered loss, the death or absence of a loved one. He has come to fill the gaps in our less than perfect relationships; into our misunderstandings..., our grieves and our sorrows. He has come into the poignant moments of children's joy and the knowledge of how rich these moments are. He has come to fill in all the deficits of our inability to get it all right. He comes as the mortar that upholds all things by the words of His power. He comes to refresh us and strengthen us and renew us. He comes to fulfill us and cleanse us from the stain of our fallen humanity; he forgives us all.
And in Him we are empowered to forgive all. This is the essence of Christmas. This is why He comes! What a marvelous mystery.