Scripture: Matt 1:23, Ps 84:4-7, John 16:33, Welcome to the Advent Season! God With Us. We will make a few stops each week leading up to Christ's birth and see the places where God is with us. Today, we're in the valley -- the place of sorrow and loneliness. The place where we sometimes believe we have to possess all the answers and figure it out ourselves. We'll find out, however, that God is with us and there is power and freedom in understanding that He is in control...if we let Him be.