No, I mean, that there is power in the notes, poetry and worship that is created through the music.
I can't eloquently express (despite multiple attempts at it) the depth or breadth of feelings, testimony and abundance of joy that attend during the Christmas season. It simply can not be expressed in mere words.
So, rather than continue blog silence while I try and fail to add anything of uplift to what is potentially the most wonderful and stressful, and expensive, and busy time of the year for us all, I think I'll share a bit here with words AND music. It's the only way I can think to adequately do the thing. I don't expect anyone to sit here and look/listen all the way through in one sitting, but if you can, great!!
Merry Christmas. I only posted three of the ones I WANT to post here, so perhaps I'll do another round soon. :)
Joseph, By Gilbert Thomas
Who has not carolled Mary
and who her praise would dim?
But what of humble Joseph
is there no song for him?
If Joseph had not driven
straight nails through honest wood;
If Joseph had no cherished
his Mary as he should;
If Joseph had not proved him
a sire both kind and wise
Would he have drawn with favour
the Child's all-probing eyes?
Would Christ have prayed "Our Father",
or cried that Name in death
Unless he first had honoured
Joseph of Nazareth?
I can't eloquently express (despite multiple attempts at it) the depth or breadth of feelings, testimony and abundance of joy that attend during the Christmas season. It simply can not be expressed in mere words.
So, rather than continue blog silence while I try and fail to add anything of uplift to what is potentially the most wonderful and stressful, and expensive, and busy time of the year for us all, I think I'll share a bit here with words AND music. It's the only way I can think to adequately do the thing. I don't expect anyone to sit here and look/listen all the way through in one sitting, but if you can, great!!
Merry Christmas. I only posted three of the ones I WANT to post here, so perhaps I'll do another round soon. :)
What Child is This. by Lindsey Stirling
Child of the Night
By Holly Woolley
Child
Of the night and hushed
Majesties of light.
Cool evening breeze
And single cry,
A mother’s tender arms
And eyes …
Unspoken grace adorns
Crude stable hay and
Humble cloth.
A King is born
In quiet manger
Without pretence
Or display …
No jeweled crown
Nor fame is found
Except,
In lighted
Sky
And whisper
Of a father’s tender
Murmur of His name,
“Jesus.”
The morning breaks
In quiet sigh and fame;
A dark and sleeping
World awakes
To never be
The same.
Jospeh's Lullaby by MercyMe
Joseph, By Gilbert Thomas
Who has not carolled Mary
and who her praise would dim?
But what of humble Joseph
is there no song for him?
If Joseph had not driven
straight nails through honest wood;
If Joseph had no cherished
his Mary as he should;
If Joseph had not proved him
a sire both kind and wise
Would he have drawn with favour
the Child's all-probing eyes?
Would Christ have prayed "Our Father",
or cried that Name in death
Unless he first had honoured
Joseph of Nazareth?
O Come O Come Emmanuel, David Crowder Band
O Come O Come Emmanuel"
O come o come emmanuel
And ransom captive israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the son of god appears
Rejoice rejoice
Emmanuel shall come to thee oh israel
Oh come thou day-spring come and cheer
Our spirits by thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadows put to flight
Rejoice rejoice
Emmanuel shall come to thee oh israel
Oh come desire of nations bind
In one the hearts of all mankind
Bid thou our sad divisions cease
And be thyself our king of peace
Rejoice rejoice
Emmanuel shall come to thee oh israel
Rejoice rejoice
Emmanuel has come
Rejoice rejoice
Emmanuel has come
Rejoice rejoice
Emmanuel has come
He has come
He has come
O come o come emmanuel
And ransom captive israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the son of god appear
Rejoice rejoice
Emmanuel shall come to thee oh israel
He's coming towards us now
He's coming towards us now
He's coming towards us now
He always will
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