"The Weary World Rejoices"⎮ "God With Us Still"

Christmas is over. The lights are still up, but the magic is fading fast. And if we are honest, the Christmas story itself gets dark fast. After the wise men leave, an angel warns Joseph to flee. Herod orders the murder of innocent children. Mary and Joseph became refugees in Egypt. This is not the story we put on Christmas cards. Yet it is part of the story of Jesus. God with us does not mean God protects us from every hard thing. It means God is present in every hard thing. This week, as we step into a new year, we will see that even in the darkest moments of the Christmas story, God was faithful. Jesus came into a weary, broken, dangerous world. And He is still with us.