The owner of a company I worked for in Illinois gave me a several thousand dollar bonus one year for Christmas. I was in such shock that tears leaped from my eyes and scurried down my cheeks. My boss laughed with delight at making me so happy. I had a difficult time expressing my gratitude.
But we have been offered something of far greater worth than any size bonus. We have been offered a place in the family of God sponsored by the broken body of Jesus Christ, the creator of the World (1 Peter 1:17-21) and secured by the resurrection of this same Jesus.
We read those words so easily, that it is difficult to comprehend them. It is when we see a broken person, weighed down with addictions of anger or drugs or alcohol or sexual promiscuity changed into a person filled with freedom and laughter that we catch a glimpse of the power of the gift that resides in us.
