A Pre-Christmas Conversation

    Time is getting close, Son..
Yes, Father.
    My children are crying.
They've been crying a long time, Father.
Remember Eve when she had her first baby?
    She cried long before that, Son.
It's not the pain of childbirth only, is it.
    No.

Why are you silent, Father?
    My heart grieves much, Son.
    I did not make my children to suffer so much.
    I have loved them all, you know.

Why did it happen, Father?
    You mean--sin?
Yes.
    It's hard to explain, Son.
    But I did not will it so.
How long must it go on, Father?
    That's what I want to talk to you about.
    I want to comfort them.
    I want to save them.
And you need me for that?
    Yes, Son, I want you to go among them.
How?
    Like one of them.
How can that be?
    How?  Hmm, are you ready for this?
I don't think so.
    Well, the good news is that you'll come among them as a baby.
A baby??
How will I become a baby?
    The human way, mostly.
Will I have a mother?
     Yes.  
Hmm, I see.
I've never had a mother.
    I know.
Will I have a father too?
    I will always be your Father.
Will be human, then?
    Yes, mostly.
Will they know me?
And will they listen?
    A few.
Only a few?
    Yes, at first.
Why?
    My children are so blind, so deaf.
    They take so long to see the light,
    to hear the voice.

Will it be hard?
For me, I mean.
    Yes, very hard.
And painful too?
    It is painful to be human.
Will I suffer, then?
    Yes.
Much?
    Yes, very much.

Will I ... must I ... even ...
    Yes, my Son, you must even die.
You don't love me then!
    I love you very much, my Son.
Then why do you want me to die?
    Because I love my human children too.
    I want to show them how much.
    I want them to believe it.
    I want to forgive them for their blindness, their deafness, their sin.
    That's why you must die for them.
Alone?
    Yes, you will feel all alone.

I'm afraid, Father.
    Yes, Son, and you will be more afraid.
Will you help me?
    I will never leave you.
And will you show me what to do?
    You will always do my will.
Will I see you again?
    Of course.
    I will raise you up again,
    and then you will come back to me.
I'm glad of that!

Will it make a difference?
    A difference?
I mean will the world become a different place,
more like it was at first, long ago?
    Not right away, Son, not for a long time, even.
    But someday, yes:
    What you're going to do now will someday make all the difference.
But till then, will people go on as they are now?
     Most will, yes, and worse.
     They like to change everything, except themselves.
Why should I go, then - what's the use?
    Because you're the only Way, Son,
    to tell them Truth
    and give them Life.
    Those who will receive you as my Son will receive me,
     and they will change.
Why?
     Because they will know Love.

    And now it's time to go, my Son.
As a baby?
    Yes; the world loves a baby,
    but a Savior not so much.
Where will I be born?
     In a humble place in Bethlehem.
    You will be poor, that the poor may be rich.
I will miss you, Father.
    And I will miss you, Son.
    But I will be with you, and through you,
    with all my other children too.
    Tell them that.
    Show them your Father, bring them my word of Peace;
    offer them my gift of Life.
    Bring my kingdom among and within them.
Is that your will?
    Yes, my Son, that is my will.
Then, Father, your will be done.

                       ~.~