A New Name

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  1. kerrycakes
    Dec 16 - 8:37 pm

    such beautiful words. x

  2. ruth
    Dec 16 - 11:08 pm

    Everything I read, it seems, relating to Jesus this Christmas, is of “God with us”. Think God’s trying to make a point. It also reminded me of the verse in ‘once in royal David’s city’ which goes:
    He came down to earth from heaven,
    Who is God and Lord of all,
    And His shelter was a stable,
    And His cradle was a stall:
    With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
    Lived on earth our Saviour holy.

    Mind you, not so sure about absolutely all the other verses. Yes! we have a wonderful heavenly future, reigning with him, as God the Father’s children. But right now, in the stable, with the cow-dung +flies +mess of life, we NOW have God with us.

  3. P
    Dec 17 - 1:25 pm

    Im trying so desperately to read the last 2 blogs but I just cant focus for long enough to do it…

    Athough I do know my black dog is in front of the fire warming his paws..staying for christmas me thinks..

    Someone wake me in 2013

  4. Ma Belle
    Dec 17 - 3:23 pm

    This is great Emma, I need to hear this at the moment x

  5. Emma
    Dec 17 - 6:30 pm

    Kerrycakes, and MaBelle: thanks.

    Ruth – you’re right, the promise of heaven is a wonderful thing, but there’s hope now because He’s with us. Big love to you.

    P – you’re not missing anything!
    God’s got the black dog muzzled and He’ll bring us through tonight and through Christmas

  6. littlemisshugs
    Dec 18 - 12:03 am

    Just want you to know that, today, you’re descriptions of defensive positions made me giggle!!

    My parents often call me a porcupine – prickly, pushing them away.

    Today mum rang – how are you?
    Fine!! But the tone betrays the reality.

    Still got my black dog, but he’d tamer than his was a few days ago. Love that God comes to us in our mess, he’s been in the mess before and understands, and that a baby is stronger than a mighty army!!! Xx

  7. Emma
    Dec 19 - 10:41 am

    Littlemisshugs – I’m still saying fine to mumcalls too. Glad the dog’s not been beastly..

  8. Becky
    Dec 19 - 5:09 pm

    Thank you Emma for a great post and to others for pointing out that God is indeed here with us in our mess! This has been something that has kept cropping up a lot recently and yet whilst this is an awesome promise and reassuring I can’t help but think we need to push it on towards the transforming work that the Holy Spirit wants to do in each of our lives. We don’t have to face the ‘mess’ alone, but sometimes we (well I do) think that is a good excuse to stay there then, instead of handing over the mess, dealing with the mess & our lives reflecting more of the beauty of our Saviour.
    Mess can hinder us and hold us back from our true calling in God’s Kingdom.
    ” I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back.” Philippians 3:12

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