Emanuel, God Came Near

A few months ago

a friend asked me to speak

at a Christmas dinner.

I hesitated at first.

Remembering a  promise

I made to God, 

a few days later 

I said, "Yes."

Considering the platform

and the event, 

I began to fumble through

some of my notes,

"God's Battle Stragedy"

"A Fight Worth Having"

"Thanksgiving Before the Miracle"

"Labeled: A Child of the King"

"My Own Little Retreat"

God began to whisper,

"Emanuel."

For days

I meditated on its meaning...

God With Us.

Max Lacado expressed it, 

"God Came Near."

Wow!

I began to contemplate 

what if means to know and understand, 

truly get it, that

GOD CAME NEAR!

I wrote it on a small chalkboard

and continue to consider

and meditate on the profound,

Jesus

 Emanuel

God with Us

Listen and you, too, may

hear the gentle whisper, 

"God Came Near,"

And finally, 

it will echo loudly 

JESUS, 

God Came Near!

In This, HIS season,

May You Experience the very Presence of Emanual,

Bonnie:)