the one with chandler in a box.

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it has only to do with God so desperately wanting us to know that He loves us that He incarnated Himself- He became Jesus- so that we can know that.
- rich mullins

when i read that, it reminded me of this episode of friends- the one with chandler in a box. to prove to joey just how much he cares about their friendship and how much joey meant to him and how much he loved joey, chandler was willing to be locked up in a dark, wooden box for six hours. and that's what God did for us. God put Himself- His gloriously, divinely, boundless self- in a dark, stuffy "box" for us. He who is without bounds, self-imposed bounds on Himself. God was willing to be "locked up" in our limited, clumsy, helpless human body for more than thirty years just to show us how much He loves us. when people go on hunger strikes to prove something, to demonstrate their love for something, they give up food, which is like whoaa, to us. but God-

the Eternal Being, who knows everything and who created everything, became not only a man but (before that) a baby, and before that a fetus inside a woman's body. if you want to get the hang of it, think how you would like to become a slug or a crab.
- c.s. lewis

we think of God becoming man and it's like, "psh, that's not so bad. being man is awesome, dude, we're as good as it gets. being human is not a bad gig at all." but when i read that quote by c.s. lewis, it really put things into perspective for me and kind of blew my mind. He not only gave up His cushy seat in Heaven but He also gave up senses and capabilities we cannot even begin to conceive and most definitely don't have names for- it's like us giving up opposable thumbs and the range of colors we can see and the ability to dance and sing and write poetry and eat chocolate chip cookies and sushi, to become a slug, who has no concept of any of those things. and if we are the equivalent of the slug, imagine all the things God can do, all the things that are so beyond us, that He gave up. He gave it all up. He gave up absolutely everything.

He readily gave it all up just to prove to me,
"hey, i love you."

whoaa. ♥