Perhaps it is my work as a therapist, hearing people's painful stories
Perhaps it is the crime filled streets that daily make our papers
Perhaps it is the glance into the eyes of a neighbor, who has been pretending to be okay for far too long
Perhaps it is the thought that no matter how much I know, I know there is suffering in every heart
Whatever it is, this world has pain, there is no denying this reality
Pain so deep that as much as we try to ignore it, we know we cannot fix ourselves.
Our marriages, our children, our relationships at work tell us we are broken.
We are imperfect and painfully aware we alone are not enough to heal our own pain.
Into this, our God chose to enter willingly, a baffling thought
He could have chosen to heal us from above, without getting dirty
He could have said this world is beyond repair and leave us on our own.
But instead our God, said I must comfort my people.
I must provide a remedy to the darkness in this world
A remedy that is a solution, not a band-aid.
A remedy that brings joy to my people while the world around them is in decay
Sorrowfully but willingly, God, the Holy one of Israel sent His perfect solution
He sent his son, to be our Emmanuel, to be with us.
The powerful son, was humbled and dirtied to come as one of us, a child.
He knew his destiny, He knew He was to take on the suffering of this world.
He knew He was to walk in our pain, to be with us.
He knew he would be rejected, spit upon and ridiculed
He knew he would be subjected to the torturous cross
Yet He came, Our Emmanuel came down to be with us.
The downward spiral of our world was forever altered
Our Emmanuel, changed history when he entered our world
Our Emmanuel, intervened into our pain filled world and though a child, brought victory
Jesus, a child, was given to us as a remedy to our issue of suffering
All that is required of us is to believe that He loved us so much that he came to save
What joy our Emmanuel brings to a downcast world such as ours.
Rejoice, He came as a child to walk among us,He left a King capable of claiming us as His!
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