Matthew 1:22-23

As I write this, I am one week removed from another surgery. This one was much easier than any of last year’s adventures in medicine, but I still need to take it easy. I have at least one more week of waiting until I can drive, work, or exercise. I wait…for incisions to heal, for […]…

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Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. -Matthew 1:22-23, KJV Christianity is not a religion … Continue reading “Emmanuel – God With Us”…

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