Immanuel

This picture was taken after Sammy's black Gospel Choir concert at U of I. All of our three sons were in musical this semester.

Sammy at the black Gospel Choir
Andrew Lee at Mullan in his HS production.
Peter Lee at the Joseph musical

They are very much musically talented. Their talents are not from me nor from my wife. It is purely God's grace upon us.

Now I am sitting at the cubical at the student Union. So quiet and so peaceful that it is unreal. But there is one reality that cannot be shaken. Immanuel -God with us.

I thank God for his grace upon my life. The question is which one is easier for God to do?
To be with me or the virgin giving birth to a son. But both are equally impossible. God's love for me is impossible love. My science education fails me. My logical sense fails me. My notion of justice fails me when I look at Immanuel.

I thank God for our students who know Immanuel. It is not my Sunday messages that they are coming to listen but they are coming to be with Immanuel.

Thank God for his people and his students. I thank God that my family can articulate the deep meaning of Immanuel when we serve the U of I students by God's grace only.

Indeed this is work of God. This is mystery of Christmas that God became a man for us.

Immanuel -God with us.