Emanuel
Ed Young
Matthew 1:23; Galatians 4:4; John 1:1,14
Anyone who has had even a small part in the birth of a baby knows what is meant when you hear the words, "It's time." "It's time." I can tell you one thing, when my three boys were born, JoBeth was far, far more relaxed than the father. I was nervous, excited, afraid, frustrated, and I was getting so anxious that as she would check those contractions, that we wouldn't get to the hospital soon enough because I was paranoid about it. Uh, my first son was born, we lived 50 miles from the nearest hospital. And that'll really make you alert. But I'll never forget when she said, "It's time, it's time." There's something about that phrase that just, that shakes us all up. All mothers and all father know exactly what I'm talking about.
A few years back, a nurse in my church told me of being on duty when a young father and expectant mother rushed into the hospital and they didn't quite make it and she said they had the baby in the elevator of a local hospital. She said everything was fine, all the doctors were in attendance, it was normal, but the mother was so upset. She said, "I'm embarrassed, I'm just terribly embarrassed. What an awful thing to have a baby in the elevator of a hospital." And one nurse there was seeking to console her and said, "Don't be upset about this. You know, two years ago, I was on duty and and a woman, uh, didn't make it in the hospital, she had the child on the front steps." And the little mother in the elevator said, "I know, that was me too."
The scripture says, "And they shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger." There was no room in the inn, they didn't make it to the inn. So, Jesus, the Almighty Son of God, Emanuel, God with us, was born in a barn, actually a stable in a cave, was born in a feeding trough, a manger. But I'll tell you, I have a feeling that when Mary and Joseph arrived, found out there was no room ...
Ed Young
Matthew 1:23; Galatians 4:4; John 1:1,14
Anyone who has had even a small part in the birth of a baby knows what is meant when you hear the words, "It's time." "It's time." I can tell you one thing, when my three boys were born, JoBeth was far, far more relaxed than the father. I was nervous, excited, afraid, frustrated, and I was getting so anxious that as she would check those contractions, that we wouldn't get to the hospital soon enough because I was paranoid about it. Uh, my first son was born, we lived 50 miles from the nearest hospital. And that'll really make you alert. But I'll never forget when she said, "It's time, it's time." There's something about that phrase that just, that shakes us all up. All mothers and all father know exactly what I'm talking about.
A few years back, a nurse in my church told me of being on duty when a young father and expectant mother rushed into the hospital and they didn't quite make it and she said they had the baby in the elevator of a local hospital. She said everything was fine, all the doctors were in attendance, it was normal, but the mother was so upset. She said, "I'm embarrassed, I'm just terribly embarrassed. What an awful thing to have a baby in the elevator of a hospital." And one nurse there was seeking to console her and said, "Don't be upset about this. You know, two years ago, I was on duty and and a woman, uh, didn't make it in the hospital, she had the child on the front steps." And the little mother in the elevator said, "I know, that was me too."
The scripture says, "And they shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger." There was no room in the inn, they didn't make it to the inn. So, Jesus, the Almighty Son of God, Emanuel, God with us, was born in a barn, actually a stable in a cave, was born in a feeding trough, a manger. But I'll tell you, I have a feeling that when Mary and Joseph arrived, found out there was no room ...
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