"Immanuel, God with Us"

While on a retreat recently, I took some time in silence, and sat down to write a poem to hopefully be used in a Christmas recital at LBC. While it was not used, I figured that I would go ahead and share the poem anyway. This poem may not be extremely refined or in perfect form, but it is an attempt to share the beauty of the incarnation of Christ and the joy that it should lead us into.

Immanuel, God with Us

Immanuel, God with us

The baby boy

The promise of salvation for every nation

For at his declaration every knee will bot

Yet, we wonder how this tiny stranger 

Lying in a lonely manger

Will become our glorious Savior

Immanuel, God with us

This mighty God

Who blows the breeze

And parts the seas

Whose voice echoes across the lakes

And name makes the mountains shake

All wrapped up in this quiet baby

How could it be?

Immanuel, God with us

The same God who led the Israelites

With cloud by day and fire by night

And this infant crying in the night

Contains in him this very might

Immanuel, God with us

The man the prophets foretold of

Left his glorious home above

Submitted to the virgin birth 

In search to reconcile this sinful earth

Immanuel, God with us

He left his glory, left his throne

Made this lonely earth his home

So he could make his sons his own

Immanuel, God with us

Now let us praise this holy king

And as a gift our lives to bring

Our sacrifice the song we sing

An offering to the infant king

Immanuel, God with us

Lift our voices, lift our lives

As a living sacrifice

Praise him for as a man he dwelt 

Immanuel, God with us


I hope you enjoy. Merry Christmas and God bless you all.