God Showed Up

That first Christmas was not about presents neatly wrapped, huge turkey or ham dinners, singing carols, or watching football games. It was not about baking cookies or shopping for hours. Rather it tells of a poor, young couple who found only a humble stable where the best gift to humankind came to dwell among us.

And it is a tale filled with so much hope. In the midst of this fearful time, God showed up in the flesh, in a dirty stable, as a vulnerable baby. God in the flesh---Emmanuel—who came to bring good news to us all, bring sight to the blind, release to all of us who are captive to sin....