I think Christmas is a funny time in the music scene. We find a lot of songs to bundle into the genre of Christmas from "Here Comes Santa Clause" to "Silent Night", from "Frosty The Snowman" to "O Come All Ye Faithful" and I can't help but shut them all out of my ears (if I have the choice) in my frustration of irreverent commercialized worship music. I don't want to hear the mainstream crooning of pop stars singing about chestnuts and snow and warm fires and mistletoe because it has no relevance to the meaning of the celebration of Christmas. And my attitude towards the music that is relevant to this celebration is spoiled by that. I have a lot of trouble with this, because I think that we should rejoice as a world about the birth of Jesus... but in truth and reverence!
I am glad that this whole music conundrum will pass soon (for 10 months) but in the meantime I want to be singing my share of words of praise, acknowledgment and in reverence of the birth of Christ into the world! I am going to church and will join in the anthem of the birth of the Savior, being sung around the world tonight. Oh what a glorious thing it is!
----
I also have a song freshly written to add to the multitude (but still not nearly enough) of songs written for this event.
I promised myself I would post my first take without any editing or layering as an act of worship and trust and so here it is.
Immanuel
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment