God With Us

Two sick boys. Too wiped out to think. Mom is here to help out since Brian had to go out of town. Tonight when she was putting Coleman to bed, she made the comment that he was going to have to get a bigger bed for all his stuffed animals. He said, "Maybe my bed will grow." That's good thinking! And it would be quite cheaper than buying a new bed.

Today's name of Jesus is:

Immanuel

"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel - which means, "God with us." Matthew 1:23

I don't really think of meanings of names very often. I know that my name means "worthy of love." When we were trying to decide on names for the boys we looked at all the meanings too. Coleman means "charcoal burner" and Spencer means "dispenser, keeper." We must have just really liked the names, because the meanings are less than great. The name Immanuel means "God with us." I don't think it gets any better than that. When Jesus was born, God truly came down as a man to live among men. How amazing. What could be better this Christmas season than knowing that God is with us?