As we look ahead to Christmas this year, one of the characters we’ll hear about is Joseph the carpenter of Nazareth in the Christmas story. Very little is written about him in the Gospels and how he dealt with the news that his new wife would carry the Saviour of the world. Joseph is often in the background at Christmas, and yet he was steady and faithful, even when the path ahead seemed uncertain.

It was to Joseph that an angel appeared in a dream, assuring him that Jesus would be ‘Immanuel’: God with us. Joseph’s story reminds us that even when we don’t have all the answers, God is with us. In times of joy and in moments of worry, His presence is steady.

Regardless of what this season holds for you, whatever the year before has brought - that promise is as much for you, as it was for Joseph and Mary. That God is with you.

I’d love to encourage you to join us at one of our services this Christmas and discover afresh what it means to do life, confident that you don’t do it alone, but with God, always with you.