Emmanuel: God is with us.
Angels appear to the poor.
A star from God guides the rich and wise.
God is with us.
The Child is born homeless because of a government program.
He is sheltered because of a humble generosity.
God is with us.
The parents are warned: Flee your home, protect your Child from death!
God is with us.
The Child is omnipotent God, yet helpless.
The parents are ordinary humans, yet watch over God.
God is with us.
A madman king, to keep his worldly power and status, plots to kill a nursing Babe, the Prince of Peace.
The innocent blood of children flows like a river in the streets.
God is with us.
Being born that night, too, are babies blind, deaf, and halt whose parents weep silently for their suffering child.
God is with us.
And this Child will die, like all children do in time.
God is with us.
God is with us and nothing in the world has changed.
Yet... Nothing good or evil of the world is untouched by God, for God is with us.
In all things, God is with us.
Emmanuel.
Blessed Nativity to you all, my friends and readers!
(Artwork by Elena Cherkasova)
Beautiful!
Surely… God is with us