He left His Father’s throne above (So free, so infinite his grace!), Emptied himself of all but love, And bled for Adam’s helpless race. (Hymns, Hymn 193.3) Rather than attempting to explain the incarnation in philosophical terms, as if to master the inexplicable, kenosis describes the lengths to which God’s love will go to reach us where we are. As Wesley writes in another hymn, “He emptied himself of all but love, And died to ransom me!” The ramifications of this divine self-emptying stagger the