The Christmas season can be a hectic one with all the stress of shopping, Christmas parties, school holiday concerts, and let's not forget about the added traffic.  It's easy to forget what this time of year is even about- yes, we know it's about the birth of Jesus Christ, but we don't allow ourselves to really take that in and experience it.  I've posted the lyrics to this song before, but it's worth repeating- it always helps me to open my heart and mind to the beauty of Advent:

Welcome to Our World by Chris Rice

 Tears are falling, hearts are breaking

How we need to hear from God

You've been promised, we've been waiting

Welcome Holy Child

Welcome Holy Child

 

Hope that you don't mind our manger

How I wish we would have known

But long-awaited Holy Stranger

Make Yourself at home

Please make Yourself at home

 

Bring your peace into our violence

Bid our hungry souls be filled

Word now breaking Heaven's silence

Welcome to our world

Welcome to our world

 

Fragile finger sent to heal us 

Tender brow prepared for thorn

Tiny heart whose blood will save us

Unto us is born

Unto us is born

 

So wrap our injured flesh around You

Breathe our air and walk our sod

Rob our sin and make us holy

Perfect Son of God

Perfect Son of God

Welcome to our world 

 

What a beautiful and precious reminder to pause and be still, being reminded of what a precious gift God has given to us and how much God loves us.