My
daughter called this past week to tell me about a discussion she had with her
twelve year old daughter. She has been working on several Christmas projects
for people. She had a board laying to
the side with letters painted on it and Addison asked her, “Mom who is
Emma-noel?” My daughter not
understanding asked, “What?” Addison asked again “who is Emma-noel?” Still
confused, Stacy answered, “I don’t know what you are talking about.” Addison then responded, “You have their name
written on the board.” Stacy laughed and
said, “That is Emmanuel, the name for Jesus.
Although confused, I have to say in my granddaughter’s defense that the
spelling of the word as it appeared on the sign did look more like “noel”
instead of “nuel.” When you think about it there are multitudes that go through
Christmas, shopping, celebrating, and singing who know very little about the
one whose birth led to the creation of the season. However, if one really wants
to experience the full thrust of what it’s all about they will need to know
Christ and be a part of His life. Normally we hear people say that we need to
allow Jesus to be a part of our lives. While this is true the opposite of that
statement holds truth also. We need to let ourselves be a part of His
life. This means we continue to engage
Him at the manger the cross, the tomb, the throne, but most of all in our daily
living; by doing so we keep the “U” in Emmanuel.
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