Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
It's over and out for me here for 2008 most likely. So I hope you all have a very blessed Christmas and joyful New Year!
I'll leave you with the words of another of my childhood favourite Christmas songs. I like the scope of the lyrics (and we used to sing it as an item in my church, though, being good reformers, we changed one word: "all" to "His"). The words are by Amy Grant and the words by Michael W. Smith (neither of whom I listen to these days, except for their Christmas music, and I was disillusioned with Amy Grant for divorcing Gary Chapman and marrying Vince Gill I have to say - but we all have feet of clay, and that is why we need the Incarnation!) and here is an old video, which is worth watching just for the outfit (my goodness!):
Praise to God whose love was shown
Who sent his Son to earth
Jesus left his rightful throne
Became a man by birth
The virgin's baby son
All creation praised Him
God incarnate come
Come to Bethlehem
Still a higher call had He
Deliverance from our sins
Come to set all people free
From Satan's hold within
For by the sin of man we fell
By the Son of God
He crushed the power of Hell
Death we fear no more
Now we stand with strength, with power
The sons of God on earth
Faithful to the final hour
Christ's righteousness our worth
And now all praise is given
For the babe, the Son
The Savior King is risen
Christ is Lord indeed
For the babe, the Son
The Savior King is risen
Christ is Lord indeed