God With Us
A question many ask is this; “Is God with me?” For the orthodox Christian, the theological answer is simple. “God is omnipresent, so yes, he is with you.” But orthodox claims aside, is that commonly what we experience? Do we always know that God is with us or do we from time to time find ourselves intimidated by circumstance in the world around us? If that happens (and I know it does in my life), this would suggest at times we struggle to hold on to the reality of God always being present with us. Several years ago, I was learning my first few Hebrew words. I remember starting to put a few together. I learned “ eem ” is “with”. Next, “ anu ” is a pronoun for “us” that attaches to words. In this way “ eemanu ” means “with us”. Then I realized when you add “ El ” to the mix, one of the words for God, you get “ eem-anu-el ” or “God with us”. I learned that Immanuel means “God with us” and was excited by this new discovery. In reality, I had known that Immanuel means “God with us” for
