Isaiah 7:14 (Matthew 1:23) 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’).
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With us.
We’re not abandoned.
Not alone.
Not rejected.
Not forgotten.
Not ignored.
Not invisible.
Immanuel: God—the sovereign Creator, King of kings and Lord of lords, is with us.
Incarnate God taking on our humanity, our frailty, our vulnerability, our mortality.
He understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most (Hebrews 4:15-16).
So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness (John 1:14).
Immanuel, Michael Card
Debra Kornfield 