Well it's December 1st.
15 days till one of the best days of the year-and if you're counting on your fingers and shaking your head saying, "that's not when Christmas is." Well, you're right. That's my birthday... :)
But the other best day is only 24 days away and I've decided to spend the next 25 days picking out my favorite Christmas songs and sharing a little about why they're my favorite.
Day 1- Do You Hear What I Hear (Carrie Underwood version)
To be honest, this song didn't quite hit me like it should till I looked up the meaning. Most of the time I would sit around and belt it out like I was Carrie. Then I found out that this song was actually written during the Cuban Missile crisis-but yet I still sing it like I'm Carrie Underwood.
It was written during a time where there was very little hope and there was fear surrounding many that their lives were over. That the world as they knew it was just pure evil and every situation had one ending-the end.
Noel Regney wrote the lyrics to this song in his head while out walking. Every person who passed him had a frown on their face until he passed two ladies walking their babies. A glimpse of these babies smiling at each other filled his heart with poetry. They reminded him of newborn lambs. Thus, the song begins, "Said the night wind to the little lamb..." He went straight home and had his wife write the music to accompany it. They were quoted saying, "We couldn't even sing it, through; it broke us up. We cried and cried."
I can't help but love this song even more. It's a perfect example of the world we live in today. Even though we aren't facing the immediate threat of nuclear missiles, we are faced with the lack of peace and joy, famine and poverty.
We as Christians don't pray for peace for people everywhere like we should be and don't rest in the hope and promise of goodness and light.
I love that this song is a reminder of that. Of the gift of salvation, peace, joy, goodness and light that was brought to us on that night.
15 days till one of the best days of the year-and if you're counting on your fingers and shaking your head saying, "that's not when Christmas is." Well, you're right. That's my birthday... :)
But the other best day is only 24 days away and I've decided to spend the next 25 days picking out my favorite Christmas songs and sharing a little about why they're my favorite.
Day 1- Do You Hear What I Hear (Carrie Underwood version)
To be honest, this song didn't quite hit me like it should till I looked up the meaning. Most of the time I would sit around and belt it out like I was Carrie. Then I found out that this song was actually written during the Cuban Missile crisis-but yet I still sing it like I'm Carrie Underwood.
It was written during a time where there was very little hope and there was fear surrounding many that their lives were over. That the world as they knew it was just pure evil and every situation had one ending-the end.
Noel Regney wrote the lyrics to this song in his head while out walking. Every person who passed him had a frown on their face until he passed two ladies walking their babies. A glimpse of these babies smiling at each other filled his heart with poetry. They reminded him of newborn lambs. Thus, the song begins, "Said the night wind to the little lamb..." He went straight home and had his wife write the music to accompany it. They were quoted saying, "We couldn't even sing it, through; it broke us up. We cried and cried."
I can't help but love this song even more. It's a perfect example of the world we live in today. Even though we aren't facing the immediate threat of nuclear missiles, we are faced with the lack of peace and joy, famine and poverty.
We as Christians don't pray for peace for people everywhere like we should be and don't rest in the hope and promise of goodness and light.
I love that this song is a reminder of that. Of the gift of salvation, peace, joy, goodness and light that was brought to us on that night.
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