Day 18: It Passes All Understanding

Hopi Madonna and Child by John Giuliani

Consider a color you are drawn to right now.

Choosing a pencil, a font, or a marker in that color, write something you are wanting to birth: an idea, a habit, a practice, an adventure?

We are talking about the birth of a child,
Not the revolutionary acts of a strong man,
Not the breathtaking discovery of a sage,
Not the pious act of a saint.

It really passes all understanding: The birth of a child
Is to bring the great turning around of all things,
Is to bring salvation and redemption to the whole human race.

What kings and statesmen, philosophers and artists,
Founders of religion and moral teachers vainly strive for,
Now comes about through a newborn child.

—Dietrich Bonhoeffer