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Emmanuel, God Is With Us

by Julia Ostberg © 2019

Emmanuel. God is with us,
Taking His first breath of air,
Nourished by His mother's milk,
Wrapped in cloth with love and care.

Emmanuel. God is with us,
Learning to walk, learning to speak,
A child as we all once were,
One who babbles, one who shrieks.

Emmanuel. God is with us,
Sitting beneath the temple spire,
Teaching others, being taught,
Only twelve, yet thinking higher.

Emmanuel. God is with us,
Working for His daily bread.
He has callouses on His hands,
At night falls tired into bed.

Emmanuel. God is with us,
Walking Palestine's dusty roads.
He has blisters on His feet
And bloodstains on His clothes.

Emmanuel, God is with us.
He calls men off their fishing boats
And asks them to learn from Him,
And follow wherever He goes.

Emmanuel, God is with us.
He teaches us the law of love,
He lays the path of righteousness,
Strong as a bear, mild as a dove.

Emmanuel, God is with us.
He heals the sick, revives the dead,
Forgives those guilty of transgression,
Declares His flesh to be the bread.

Emmanuel, God is with us.
They sell him for the price of a slave,
Execute Him on a cross.
For the least of us, His life He gave.

Emmanuel! God is with us!
Death could not hold Him for long.
He gives us a mission and ascends.
Though in Heaven, He is not gone.

Emmanuel! God is with us!
He loves us each, and hears our prayers,
Comforts us in every trial,
Gives us rest from sorrows and cares.

Emmanuel! God is with us!
In pain and danger, still, all is well.
He will not leave us nor forsake us.
God is with us! Emmanuel!

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