"All
right then, the Lord Himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will
conceive a Child! She will give birth to a Son and will call Him Immanuel
(which means 'God is with us')."
(Isaiah 7:14 NLT)
God comes to
the woman who feels in exile in her own marriage, for the man who grieves the
loss of life dreams. God comes to the
child who lives on the street, for the parents who struggle to feed and clothe
their children. God comes to the one whose loneliness or depression intensifies
every Christmas. ...
Emmanuel --
God-with-Us -- is coming to us, to meet us wherever we are -- happy or sad,
joyous or grieving, God comes to stand with us, whatever our condition. And we thank God for that promised gift of
presence.
-- Beth A. Richardson in Child of the
Light: Walking through Advent and Christmas
(Nashville, Tenn.: Upper Room Books, 2005) Used with permission.
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