{"id":588,"date":"2016-12-25T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=588"},"modified":"2017-04-17T21:57:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T01:57:35","slug":"prisoner-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/prisoner-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Prisoner of Love","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/BabyJesus-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/BabyJesus-1.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/BabyJesus-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/BabyJesus-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8220;Baby Jesus&#8221; by <em>Deborah Woodall<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>HE<\/strong> comes to us as a baby&#8230; gently, quietly, helplessly. He does not arrive with a retinue of guards or with an overwhelming apparition. He comes as an infant, his hands and feet powerless to hurt anyone. He comes as if to say,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>I have not come to condemn you, but to give you life.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A baby. A prisoner of love.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When His enemies took His life, this King became once again like a baby: His hands and feet nailed to a tree, powerless to hurt anyone. He dies this way as if to say,<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>I have not come to condemn you, but to give you life. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">A crucified man. A prisoner of love.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And now this King comes to you again like a baby, this time in the disguise of <em>bread<\/em>, His hands and feet powerless to hurt anyone. He comes this way, willing to be handled by His creatures, as if to say,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>I have not come to condemn you, but to give you life. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">A prisoner of love.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">But brother and sister, <em>you<\/em> have the power to set this Prisoner free. For this Baby is crying for a place to lay His head; the Crucified One is thirsting for a drink of love; and the Bread of Life is longing to be consumed by a soul.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">But do not think He is content with just that. <em>For your hands and feet are not powerless<\/em>. Through you, He desires to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to the captives, to open the eyes of the blind, and let the oppressed go free.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">To make you, and the world if possible, <em>a prisoner of Love<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>First published December 25th, 2007.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/store.markmallett.com\/donate\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Donateovalbtnonbeige.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"48\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">To\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe<\/a> to\u00a0the\u00a0<strong><em>The <\/em><\/strong><em><strong>Now Word<\/strong><\/em>,<em><br \/>\n <\/em>click on the banner below. <br \/>\n Your email will not be shared with anyone.<br \/>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12200 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner.png\" alt=\"NowWord Banner\" width=\"463\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner.png 798w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NowWord-Banner-768x247.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Baby Jesus&#8221; by Deborah Woodall \u00a0 HE comes to us as a baby&#8230; gently, quietly, helplessly. 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