Dream Sequence: Immanuel, God with Us

Here is a quick mind exercise. Picture your memories, good times and bad. What is your first memory? Was it that toy you always put in your mouth? Or was it when you went to school for the first time? Was it your first family trip? What about the time you cried because you made a mistake? What about the time your friend moved to a different city? How about your first date? Or does the time you lost a loved one show up first? Maybe it is the day of graduation, or the first time you felt failure? When were your times of laughter? When were your times of greatest sadness? Was it the first house you bought, or the car? What about that time you proposed to your girlfriend in front of a crowd? Do you remember the time you saw your baby for the first time? Or did your kids grow up so quickly, they left the house in the blink of an eye? Do you remember sitting in front of your lawn with your wife, just enjoying the weather as you watch time pass by?

Now picture God amongst all your memories, always there for you, laughing with you, comforting you, leading you into life everlasting.