God came into the world like the rest of us and He truly wanted to be with us. Our Gospel (Matt 1: 18-24) illustrates He was true God and true man. He was true - man because he was born of a woman, the Virgin Mother.
The early Church understood Jesus to be the Emmanuel which means God-with-us. Jesus lived a human life so He can understand our human life. He understands our joys, our happiness, our heartaches, our sorrow, our pain and our suffering.
The divine life can reach into our lives with his saving grace and peace. So through the spirit, Jesus as God can walk with us, can be with us and can give us the affirmation, if we trust in Him.
The gift of Christmas is that we have a God that is both human and divine who understands the human conditions so as God He can walk with us and give us a measure of his peace and love.
“Let the Lord enter! He is the King of glory.” (Psalm 23)
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