The world outside my window is covered with a soft, cool blanket of snow... my winter snowglobes have found a place out of their boxes and out in the open... my Christmas tree is decorated and lit up... a Nativity scene is proudly displayed... chord sheets for Christmas carols have found their way to the top of the pile and their notes have been echoing through my apartment...~~~~~~~~~~
"Joy to the world,
The Lord is come,
Let earth receive her King,
Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room,
And heav'n and nature sing...
Joy to the earth,
The Savior reigns,
Let men their songs employ,
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy...
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love..."
-- "Joy To The World" -Isaac Watts 1719, Lowell Mason 1839
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My prayer this holiday season is that the words of this song will prove true. Even amidst all the holiday busyness and commercialism, that every being on earth will "receive their King" into their hearts and that the nations will "prove the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love..."
Have a very, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
photo (c) 2008 by DKF
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