Immanuel, God with Us!

Christmas time is here. Trees, presents, ugly sweaters, ornaments, Santa Claus, Reeses' Peanut Butter Trees, and ginormous yard displays are some of the great things about Christmas. By the first or second week in January though all of this will have passed. The tree and lawn displays will be put back in boxes, ornaments gently rewrapped for next year, the Reeses' trees eaten, and hopefully the sweaters destroyed by giant moths. All of these come and go each year, some are traditions in our families, some are passing fads, but there is one part that is always with us; Jesus.

Matthew 1:23 tells us they called Jesus Immanuel, which means God with us. We celebrate Christmas and Jesus' birthday for the month of December, but Jesus as the name they called him is always with us. Everyday in every way he is with us. He is God with us during the happy moments, the sad tragedies, the times when we are confused and aren't sure what to do. He is there for us! I would like to say as we celebrate Christmas and head towards New Years this upcoming week that we can all remember Jesus is with us. He is with us at home, at work, while we skate, update our status on Facebook, watch a movie, chow on enchiladas, sleep. You name it, he's there!