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Reading the signs: Isaiah 7:10-16; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25

Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel” (Matthew 1:23).

We are on the very brink of the nativity. Our sense of the power of the One coming in has been stretched, challenged and recast over the past three weeks. Now the reality of that power begins to dawn more clearly, and what is astonishing about it is that, unlike any power we know, this power is confident enough to be vulnerable. And that means confident enough in us to be vulnerable to us.