Jesus came to us as a baby at Christmas time. And Jesus still comes intimately close to us now.

Sometimes He comes into the darkness reminding us that He is the Light of the World. 

Steve Norman of Winning at Home & host of The New Norm Podcast has written a devotional to help us ready our hearts to celebrate Jesus’ coming. It’s called Countdown to Christmas.

At a time when he was sitting in physical darkness and feeling ashamed, Jesus came to Steve through the words of his 4-year-old son singing, “This Little Light of Mine.”

As Steve was hitting the wall in the 17^th mile of a marathon he was ill-prepared to run, Jesus ran next to him through words of encouragement from fellow runners.

Jesus comes and meets us where we are. Eugene Peterson says in The Message “The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.”

Jesus is Immanuel, God with us!