Christmas...

Christmas, my favourite time of the year- not because it is my birthday, but because... it is when everyone seems to be at their happiest somehow.

I found this song in a blog blogged by dreamerbonnie, whoever that may be. It gave me chills- the good kind.

WHY?

Nicole Nordeman

We rode into town the other day
Just me and my Daddy
He said I’d finally reached that age
And I could ride next to him on a horse
That of course was not quite as wide

We heard a crowd of people shouting
And so we stopped to find out why
And there was that man
That my dad said he loved
But today there was fear in his eyes

So I said “Daddy, why are they screaming?
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why is He dressed in that bright purple robe?
I’ll bet that crown hurts Him more than He shows
Daddy, please can’t you do something?
He looks as though He’s gonna cry
You said he was stronger than all of those guys
Daddy, please tell me why
Why does everyone want him to die?”

Later that day the sky grew cloudy
And Daddy said I should go inside
Somehow he knew things would get stormy
Boy was he right
But I could not keep from wondering
If there was something he had to hide
So after he left I had to find out
I was not afraid of getting lost
So I followed the crowds
To a hill where I knew men had been killed
And I heard a voice come from the cross

And it said, “Father, why are they screaming?
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why are they casting their lots for My robe?
This crown of thorns hurts Me more than it shows
Father, please can’t You do something?
I know that You must hear My cry
I thought I could handle the cross of this size
Father, remind Me why
Why does everyone want Me to die?
When will I understand why?”

“My precious Son, I hear them screaming
I’m watching the face of the enemy beaming
But soon I will clothe You in robes of My own
Jesus, this hurts Me much more than You know
But this dark hour I must do nothing. Though I’ve heard your unbearable cry —

The power in your blood destroys all the
lies, soon you’ll see past their unmerciful eyes.
Look there below see the child trembling by her
father’s side. Now I can tell you why, she is why
you must die.

I can only imagine how Jesus must have felt then. Probably His eyes locked with the little girl's eyes and He saw her fear. Maybe He then looked around at the tumult around Him, looked at heaven, then back at the little girl. Maybe a tear splashed down her cheek as she stared up at Him, frightened. Maybe she pulled at her daddy's sleeve and asked, "Daddy, why must He die?" Perhaps it was the sound of her sweet voice that touched Him and reminded Him why. Perhaps it was then, that He cried out in triumph, "It is finished!" And died.

Now the song below, was the real reason for this post- well, partly at least. We sang this during Christmas carolling last year, speaking of which, I miss incredibly.

WE ARE THE REASON

As little children
We would dream of Christmas morn
Of all the gifts and toys
We knew we’d find
But we never realized
A baby born one blessed night

Gave us the greatest gift of our lives

We were the reason
That He gave His life
We were the reason
That He suffered and died
To a world that was lost
He gave all He could give
To show us the reason to live

As the years went by
We learned more about gifts
The giving of ourselves
And what that means
On a dark and cloudy day
A man hung crying in the rain
All because of love, all because of love

I’ve finally found the reason for living
It’s in giving every part of my heart to Him
In all that I do every word that I say
I’ll be giving my all just for Him, for Him
He is my reason to live

My reason to live. May I never forget it.

I'll be leaving tonight to Harbin. So have a blessed Christmas everyone! May Christmas mean so much more to you than just parties and presents. The focus of Christmas is Christ =)

Oh yes- before 2007 ends, I'd like to thank all the people in my life who have cared for me so much this year. The latter part of the year was pretty rough for me, as some of you know very well, so a BIG THANK YOU to all of you who have tried to cheer me up, comforted me, prayed for me and generally accompanied me through the whole thing. There's just so many of you that I'm afraid I'll forget one of your names if I listed them one by one! But you guys know who you are... and I'd really like you to know how much you mean to me, and how deeply I appreciate your concern and love and friendship for me, and how I'd really like to be there for you, if you ever need me.

Take care all of you, I'll see you in the new year of 2008 =)

And to one particular you, if you ever do decide to come to this blog one day,I'd like to thank you too, for loving me, or at least, having once loved me.


*HUGS* *MUAKS* TO ALL OF YOU!!!!

Don't ask me why, these are just the colours I think a hug and a kiss should be! See you soon!