Neutron Stars

The gravitational field at the surface of a neutron star is 2x10^12 stronger than on Earth. The escape velocity of a neutron star is about 100,000 km/s, which is about 1/3 the speed of light. A neutron star is so dense that one teaspoon of its material has a mass of over 5x10^12 kg, which results in a force of gravity so strong that an object falling from one meter above it would hit the surface at 4.3 million miles per hour.

Now that's compact!

You know what is even more compact -- the infinite, eternal, and awesome power and glory of God becoming flesh in a little baby born in a stable to a peasant girl in a tiny town. There is nothing more compact than wrapping God in flesh. Intellectually, we can say it, but can we ever comprehend it? No, not really.

Two centuries years ago, our great, eternal, and infinite God came to us here on earth in the flesh in the most humble of circumstances to reveal Himself to us, to reveal us to ourselves, and to redeem us.

So this Christmas Day, and every other day of our lives, let's remember that God's gift of Himself to all mankind through Jesus Christ on that first Christmas is the most wonderful gift we can receive. Let's not try to take that one back to the store or throw it away! Let's accept this gift and respond properly to it!

Thank you, Father. Thank you, Jesus.