Immanuel or Emmanuel or Imanu’el (Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל “God [is] with us” consists of two Hebrew words: אֵל (’El, meaning ‘God’) and עִמָּנוּ (ʻImmānū, meaning ‘with us’)

God with us,
the god of our understanding,
the god inside of us, all around us,
maker and creator and sustainer
of all things, God with us.

Hope with us,
hope when despair seems to point
the only direction, where  hopeless,
helpless, unable to — despite all efforts.
Hope for life beyond our wildest dreams,
for promises fulfilled, for life-filling hope.

Love with us,
love for us when we feel least lovable,
love in the eyes and words of folks just met,
love and acceptance without taking a step
toward the behavior that might, we hope,
justify the courage to express.

Peace with us,
peace on earth, good will to men,
deserving and rotten to the core,
people of all shapes and sizes, of all groups,
peace in hearts and lives
that knew none, that lurched
without god, without love, without peace
until every attribute of God chose to live among us.