The trifecta of U.S. holidays have come and gone…Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. They are all wonderful holidays, but I have a sigh of relief now that they are over. All my Christmas decorations are packed away, and my houses is back in order…that is such a sweet feeling of peace for me.
This year was unusually busy with family events starting with 4 days of Thanksgiving (celebrating with beloved out-of-town relatives), going through several days of family Christmas parties and games, then finishing with having a good-bye open house for some dear friends. I am not usually that much of a social butterfly. I have to say though each person at each event was a treasure to me.
I would sum it up as family, friends, fun, feasts and fatigue!
I have felt exceptionally blessed this holiday season and in spite of the busyness, I have felt a deeper relationship with the Lord. The true meaning of Christmas was not lost on me and this year in particular I became more aware that Jesus, the baby born in a stable was born to die an ugly, humiliating death in order that I may join Him in heaven. What a God!!
With that in mind, this is what I wrote then through the magic of AI, I morphed it into a song.
Click below to hear the song.
This baby sent from on high
This baby was born to die
On a night filled with light
From a star that shined bright
In a stable snug and warm
Lay a newborn in a manger worn.
Used by cows and sheep alike,
Never would have thought
It would hold a king that night.
This baby sent from on high
This baby was born to die
Born of a young virgin mother
This baby was like no other.
Even angels came to declare
The glory of the king who lay there
So innocent and at peace curled
He would one day change all of the world
This baby would grow like every man
But each day He knew the final plan
He healed the sick, demons out cast
Miracles performed…a Savior at last
He willingly went to the cross
To die so we would not be lost
This baby sent from on high
This baby was born to die
This baby was born for His life to give
This baby was born so I may live
Eternity awaits for those who believe
Jesus has died for our sins to relieve
But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. Isaiah 53:5-6
- just a foot note…That Bible verse from Isaiah describing what Jesus was going to go through and why was written over 600 years before He was born.
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