Chas asked me early on Christmas
Eve what my favorite Christmas hymn was.
I couldn’t be bothered at that moment to think on it and answer. I was in the process of helping my mom and
T-dub cook, wrap presents, and get ready for Christmas Eve service at
church. And did I mention that I’d been
up since 5am and driven 4 hours to get there?
It wasn’t until we got to church
and the beauty of it all fell upon me that I realized not only what my favorite
hymn was and what my word should be this year.
We all stood in the darkened sanctuary with the soft glow of all those
beautiful lights and began to sing:
Joy to the world
The Lord is come
Let earth receive her
King
Let every heart
prepare Him room
It hit me like a ton of bricks. Thinking of the blessed anticipation of
Advent and singing this song just made sense.
Joy to the world! The Lord is
come! Please, Jesus, let earth receive
her King! And let every heart prepare
Him room. Let me receive my King and my
heart prepare Him room. Please give me
joy, Lord!
In the past few years, I’ve
worked on Wisdom and Peace, so now I will see how Joy is going to fit into this
work that Jesus is currently doing in my life.
I don’t know how this is going to work out. It is taking a great amount of faith to
commit to this and that will call upon what I’ve been learning so far about
Peace, anxiety, and fear.
Do you have a word this
year? If so, what is it and how does
that fit into your life?
love that you have a song and a word!
ReplyDeletemine is purpose.
That is awesome! Purpose is such a good word for the year.
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