His name, Immanuel; “God with us” (Matthew 1:23)

When I was a child, my father would explain to me that God was everywhere. It took until now for me to realize the truth in his words. Just walk outside and you can see God at work. He gave us this Earth so that we could see his beauty. You can feel God, not only when you walk into the church to worship his holy name, but when you walk through a garden that represents our cry for our lost Garden of Eden. Stop to admire a single plant in the garden and you can see the complexity it holds; such complexity that it is undeniable that God exists. Notice how intricate the petals of a rose are; each petal is in the exact place it should be, making the flower symmetrical. The flower even produces a sweet smell, which attracts specific insects so the plant can reproduce through pollen exchange. The flower will then die so that the life it now carries within itself will be able to grow. The seed will drop and then the unimaginable will happen. The cells within that tiny seed will use all of the stored up energy from the parent plant to burst out into a dark, dangerous environment. This young plant will struggle against the environment until it reaches its first touch of sunshine. Using the sun God created for us, that young plant will grow to become a rose bush that we can enjoy.