The Manger…and the Cross

As we are reminded of the Greatest Gift of all, I was inspired to reshare this gem from the inimitable pen of Clive Staples Lewis:

For the great and powerful of this world, there are only two places in which their courage fails them, of which they are afraid deep down in their souls, from which they shy away. These are the manger and the cross of Jesus Christ. No powerful person dares to approach the manger, and this even includes King Herod. For this is where thrones shake, the mighty fall, the prominent perish, because God is with the lowly. Here the rich come to nothing, because God is with the poor and hungry, but the rich and satisfied he sends away empty. Before Mary, the maid, before the manger of Christ, before God in lowliness, the powerful come to naught; they have no right, no hope; they are judged.

– From God Is In the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas

…that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly ones, and of earthly ones, and of ones under the earth;  and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. – Phil. 2:10, 11