Immanuel - God With Us
We sing it and we read about it during the Advent season, but do
we really experience God with us? I did last night. I was driving to choir
practice for the last rehearsal before our big Christmas concert. I had worked
12 hours and took care of a difficult patient while I was there. As I drove, I
began to think about that patient and I began to have an anxiety attack. I
began to cry, my heart began to pound, and I was breathing hard. I managed to
get to the church parking lot and continued to cry. I didn’t want to sit in the
parking lot and I didn’t want to drive home, but I knew I couldn’t go into
practice. I got out of the car and walked into church and entered the dark,
empty, quiet sanctuary. I sat down in a pew and just continued to cry. I walked
up to the front chancel and stood beneath the cross and cried out to Jesus and
looked up at the cross. I sat down in the chancel, continued to be anxious and
cry. I prayed out loud and slowly I felt Jesus surround me. A warm feeling of
peaceful energy surged through my body and I could feel His Love and Peace. I
sat there for a long time experiencing “God with Us”.
This Advent season, take some time to experience the miracle of
“God with us” for yourself as we once again welcome to our world the Holy
Child, Perfect Son of God.
Isaiah 9:6 King
James Version (KJV)
6 For unto us a child is
born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
