We inch ever nearer the gift of Christmas this week, count down Advent days on a calendar. Anticipation rises with the welcome of each new day. One more day—one day closer! Oh, that the joy of children would be reflected too in our hearts as we unwrap the greatest gift ever given: the hope of God here with us!

Emmanuel, we sing. O come, o come, Emmanuel. It’s a beckoning of expectant hearts for God to come near us. Because Emmanuel, I read, means “with-us God, or God with us.”

He is the “with-us God.” Here in even the smallest moments.

The ones that feel swallowed and unseen.

The ones in which we feel unseen.

 

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