Christmas songs to think about

Here are a few pieces from Christmas songs to inspire you as we get closer to Christmas day.

Enjoy!

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"Empty manger,
perfect Stranger about to be born
into darkness, sadness, desperate madness—
creation so torn.

We were so lost on earth,
no peace, no worth.
No way to escape.
In fear, no faith.
No hope, no grace, and no light.

But that was the night before Christmas.

Warm hay, cold sweat—
a mother not yet
praying 'God speed the dawn.'
She looks to her husband, holding her hand.
They wonder how long.

And the shepherds
and wise men
come to find them,
and bow to a King.

One star above
shining on Love—
so bright it lit up the night before Christmas.

And the world didn't know
redemption was meek and so mild.
And the world didn't know
salvation was writing a song,
the night before Christmas.

Empty manger,"
perfect Stranger about to be born.

                                         —Brandon Heath, 'The Night Before Christmas'

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"God rest ye, merry gentlemen
let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our Savior
was born on Christmas day
to save us all from satan's power
when we were gone astray.


Oh tidings of comfort and joy!


He has come for us,
this Jesus.
He's the Hope for all mankind.
He has come for us,
the Messiah,
born to give us life."


                                         —Meredith Andrews, 'He Has Come For Us' 

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"From the beginning the Father
had a magnificent plan—
revealed through the Law and the prophets
to fulfill the redemption of man.

He spoke after centuries of silence
in the midst of a still, starry night.
And Emmanuel came down among us,
and the Father said 'Let there be Light!'

Let there be light!
Let it shine bright, piercing the darkness with dazzling white.
Hope for the hopeless was born on that night
when God sent His Son
and said 'Let there be Light!'

People who walked in great darkness
gather from near and afar:
shepherds with flocks in their keeping,
three kings who followed
a star.

...And the the sky full of angels announcing
the birth of the glorious Light.

Let there be light!
Let it shine bright, piercing the darkness with dazzling white.
Hope for the hopeless was born on that night
when God sent His Son
and said 'Let there be Light!' "

                                         —Point Of Grace, 'Let There Be Light'