Immanuel, God With Us

Conceived by the Holy Spirit,
To a virgin He was born;
Worshipped by Magi from the East;
With costly gifts adorned.
He was born in the little town of 
Bethlehem,
Just as was prophesied.
A baby sent from heaven—
God’s salvation plan espied.

The baby was called Jesus,
Just as the angel had instructed;
The one and only Son of God;
His child, He protected.
King Herod tried to kill him,
But failed to find heaven’s child.
Although he murdered many children,
Christ remained unprofiled.

With the gifts the wise men gave to Jesus,
His parents fled to Egypt for safety.
God provided protection for His Son 
In a far-off pagan country.
God’s gift of a Savior
To save us from our sins;
The greatest love gift of all time;
When His redemption plan begins.

We celebrate this special birth;
The one and only of its kind.
Christmas we call the season—
Celebrated with Immanuel in mind!
It’s great cause for celebration
For He gave us the hope of heaven;
Great peace and joy,
Into our lives forever woven!

Let’s sing our praises to Immanuel—
Our priest and intercessor on high.
Let’s celebrate His birth in Bethlehem
And His resurrection upon which we rely.
Without this miraculous birth,
We’d not know the extent of God’s 
great love;
Not realize how much He cares; 
Longs for our eternity above.

By Maureen LeFanue
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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March 19, 2013 at 2:20 PM
This seems to be the beginning of your posts on PSoup. What a great entry into the adventure that is Poetry soup.... I'll be reading many of your posts..... Keep the coffee pot on.....Jake
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March 3, 2012 at 6:50 AM
Maureen, Congratulations on your poem featured this week...have a Nice one...pd
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February 29, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Congratulations, Maureen! I just saw your featured poem...a beautiful ballad about the greatest gift of love. Blessings, Rhonda
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February 27, 2012 at 6:02 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Maureen. Love, Carol
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December 30, 2011 at 2:36 PM
So this is where it all started? I see you are a relatively new person here. You are off to a good start.
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December 5, 2011 at 1:19 AM
Dear Maureen wel come to Poetry Soup as a fellow Australian I acknowledge yoour presence and assure you that this is a wonderful uplifting place to be in you need any help just ask. Soup Mail to any poet if you need any help or wish to chat. Once again welcome it lovely having you with us!So many great poets andpeople you will go bonkers!
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