God with Us on the Escalator
A story that forever changed the way I understood Emmanuel - God with Us
Laura Z. Sowers | Christmas Joy
Looking back on the many Christmases of my lifetime, one in particular stands apart from the others. Other Christmases were certainly memorable but none more so than that harrowing and terrifying day in 1983. On that day, my understanding of Jesus: Emmanuel, was forever changed.
It was Christmastime and my four-year-old son, Marc, and I were having an afternoon of shopping. It was just the two of us on this December day because his older sister, Cara, was at church for choir practice.
After lunch at the department store restaurant, we headed downstairs. Marc stepped onto the escalator first and I followed. Suddenly, the calm was shattered when he screamed—a terrified scream. “Mama! My foot!”