If you haven’t yet discovered author and artist Ruth Chou Simons, you are in for a treat. Enjoy this Christmas excerpt from her book, “Emmanuel: An Invitation to Prepare Him Room at Christmas and Always.”
If the idea of Immanuel—God with us—blows your mind, it should.
But more stunning than even the birth of Christ is the mystery of the Savior’s presence forever with us, wherever we go, through the Spirit.
God with us wasn’t one event on Christmas Day, or one lifetime in the 33 years that Jesus walked the earth. God with us is forevermore in the lives of those who receive Him as Savior and King.
Do you see how God’s promise of rescue far outshines a candlelight service or a season of festivities? When we prepare Him room at Christmas, we make room for a lifetime in His presence.
Jesus doesn’t want our partial attention during the month of December, He wants our hearts every day of every year.
He wants us to be transformed.
So ask we seek to celebrate Christ’s birth this season, let’s start by celebrating the new birth granted to us when we trust in Him.
We can truly live a transformed life.
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Ruth Chou Simons is a Wall Street Journal bestselling and award-winning author of several books, including GraceLaced, Beholding and Becoming, and When Strivings Cease. She is an artist, entrepreneur, and speaker, using each of these platforms to spiritually sow the Word of God into people’s hearts. Simons shares her journey of God’s grace intersecting daily life with word and art. Ruth and her husband, Troy, are grateful parents to six boys—their greatest adventure.
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