Emmanuel

 

Charles

I love you in your loneliest moments.

When your need feels the most extreme

going beyond what another human being can offer you,

I am present with you

for all that you need.

You have seen infinite need

in the faces of your children

and you know how limited

your resources are

to meet them in their loneliest moments.

Their constant cry is “pay attention to me”

and the same is the cry of your own soul.

Just as you come up against the wall

of your limited attention span

and feel the loss that your children experience,

in equal measure as you perceive

the lack,

so you find that

I am miracle

that knows no bounds and leaves no lack.

I Am

the only one

who truly knows you

and I love.

I am all knowing, infinite Love

so I know and cherish

your every thought, word and wish. (Ps. 139)

I Am the loving Father

who dotes on every moment of your life.

I play with you

when no one else will.

I listen to you

when everyone else ignores you.

I dance over you and exult.

This celebration of the one I made

when I made you

is only fitting.

It is your heart’s deepest desire

to know how much I delight in you.

If your heart is open

You will cherish and adore

the baby in the manger

because in Him,

all Heaven adores the individual.

In Jesus I intend to reveal
that small is beautiful

in each person

especially in you.

In Jesus,

I myself present as that baby,

the knocked on door is opened

and I adore each soul

in sweet communion.

Know then Charles

that your little child within

delights in the nativity

because you know

that it is a sign of how loved you are.

You carry a crèche,
a spirit led worship scene

embedded deep in your soul.

Go there often

and enjoy.

Go there, enter in, and hear
all Heaven rejoicing:

I bring you good news of great joy

which shall be to all people,

but first and foremost

to your lonely soul

right here, right now.

I AM Emmanuel.

with you here and now.

and so

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;

Those who seek Me will praise Me.

Let your heart live forever!

All the ends of the earth

   will remember and turn to the ME,

and all the families of the nations

   will bow down before ME

and right here, right now, this means You.

Let your heart come alive forever! (Psalm 22:27)