Christmas

"Quiet and still was the whole world that night,
the stars and the land and the sea.
All were enjoying the quiet moonlight,
spinning so effortlessly.

And the wind blew, tender and sweet,
through the manger stall,
over the one new tiny Heartbeat
that would save us all.

One silent night,
one holy night;
when all was calm,
when all was bright--
With no one to kneel, and no one to sing,
Heaven came down and changed everything.
Let all the earth receive her King.

...For a moment, heaven stood still
as the midnight watch was kept,
as on that Bethlehem hill
the Savior slept.

One silent night,
one holy night;
when all was calm,
when all was bright--
With no one to kneel, and no one to sing,
Heaven came down and changed everything.
Let all the earth receive her King."
                                               (FFH, 'One Silent Night')


"The first time that You opened Your eyes
did you realize that You would be my Savior?
When the first breath left Your lips,
did You know that it would change this world forever?

...What this midnight made so clear:
that You have come to meet me here.

To look back, and think that
this Baby would one day save me.
...You were born so I might live."
                                              (Relient K, 'I Celebrate the Day')


"It's still a mystery to me
that the hands of God could be so small.

How tiny fingers, reaching in the night,
were the very hands that measured the sky.

...Heaven's love reaching down to save the world.
...Son of God, servant King--
here with us.  You're here with us."
                                            (Joy Williams, 'Here With Us')