Anyone who knows me will know that I find Christmas music to be annoying if I here too much of it. What I have been learning lately is it is not so much that I do not like Christmas music, but that I get bored with or tired of most Christmas songs that are frequently sung. If it is a song that is not as popular or newer or different in some way, then I actually do not mind listening to Christmas music.
On that note, I have had Downhere's Christmas CD playing at home for a couple of days and there is one song I keep listening to again. The lyrics just grabbed me when I heard it tonight and I have been thinking about them as I continue to listen to.
Gift Carol
Under the tree lights
All wrapped and labelled
Each one with a dear one in mind
Day's ever nearer
We're all the more eager
To see what, that morning, we'll find
Heaven gave the first time
There's a gift marked for us
By the angel chorus
Not in sparkly paper
But a lowly manger
Sealed in hopeful promise
For every doubting Thomas
From God, with love to all mankind
Under the startlight
Laid in a stable
God, with His dear ones in mind
Given the Savior
Soon to deliver
The brightest new morning you'll ever find
When heaven gave the first time
There's a gift marked for us
By the angel chorus
Not in sparkly paper
But a lowly manger
Sealed in hopeful promise
For every doubting Thomas
From God, with love to all mankind
It was the chorus and being drawn to dwell on the incredible gift that it is that made me stop to pause. Ultimately the gift of Christ was the best gift we could be given. May that be what we focus on this Christmas season.
