God's Answer is a Child (Isaiah 9:1-7)

Do you know that feeling when everything finally settles down—the crisis passes, the argument resolves, the anxiety lifts—and you think, "Okay, maybe now I can breathe"? And then three days later, there it is again. Different problem, same darkness. Different fear, same weight. We glimpse peace, but it never seems to last. After enough cycles, even the peaceful moments feel haunted by whatever's…