God Can!

 "BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL," which translated means, "GOD WITH US."

Matt 1:23 (NASB95)

 Why are we surprised and why do we debate?  Have you ever heard anyone say, "That can't be real because that's an impossibility."  Is God a person like us?  No!  He is God.  God is supposed to do things that for us are impossibilities, that's what makes Him God.  So why are we surprised when the Bible says that Jesus was born of a virgin?  And why do we debate the reality of the Son of God being born of a virgin.  I would expect any God worth His salt who was to break into our time and space would do it in a miraculous way.

As we consider Christmas perhaps we can learn some important lessons about how God works.

1. God likes to do the uncommon things that are not normal to us.
2. God likes to work in the "impossible" possibilities.
3. God likes to "show up" in our time and space.  After all isn't Jesus also called Emmanuel (God with us).

As we consider these things at Christmas perhaps we should just take a few minutes to thank God for what he has done.  And if you encounter a skeptic, with compassion, kindness and patience just tell them, "Yeah but God Can!"