On the Eternity of God's Acts

We tend to think of both Creation and the Incarnation of Christ as moments in time, a part of history, something like the birth of George Washington or the assassination of Lincoln.  However, since God's actions are eternal and continuous, both events are still occurring. 

The act of Creation happens every day, with new freshness, overcoming the chaos of death and non-life that man "creates" by his destructive force on the earth.  The earth is forever being "born again" into life.  Scientists tell us that the world is held in balance by equal parts of matter and of anti-matter, with one small exception:  there is always one-plus matter to minus-one anti-matter.  Without that one-plus, the world would disappear.  The Gospel of John puts it this way:  The Light has come into the world, and the darkness has never overcome it.

In the same way, although we think of one moment in time when the Virgin was overshadowed by the Spirit, and the Incarnation of Christ occurred, the same event happens whenever the Holy Spirit overshadows a pure heart, and Christ is born again into the world.  There He continues to live in our time, in our circumstances, bringing the same peace, forgiveness, joy to earth.  In the secret dwelling places of our hearts, He meets sinners, He extends a hand to the poor, He encourages the broken-hearted.  We go to meetings, and He is there.  We walk our neighborhoods, and He is there.  We stand beside the sorrowing, and He is there.   St. Paul said, "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me to the glory of God." 

The Incarnation, like Creation, is on-going and new every morning.