My favorite Christmas song

My favorite Christmas song is not a Christmas carol. It is a song by a Christian songwriter, singer, and musician: Chris Rice. The song is called "Welcome to our World". My mom is a huge Chris Rice fan so I remember going home a few Christmases ago and hearing this song coming out of her CD player. The words were so powerful to me. I had to hear it again and again. Still to this day, I hear him sing the words and they capture me. I am sombered by the rememberance of what Christmas is really about. Since then, I have to hear this song every year at Christmastime. It is my fav. Here are the words:


WELCOME TO OUR WORLD


Tears are falling, hearts are breaking
How we need to hear from God
You've been promised, we've been waiting
Welcome Holy Child
Welcome Holy Child

Hope that you don't mind our manger
How I wish we would have known
But long-awaited Holy Stranger
Make Yourself at home
Please make Yourself at home

Bring Your peace into our violence
Bid our hungry souls be filled
Word now breaking Heaven's silence
Welcome to our world
Welcome to our world

Fragile finger sent to heal us
Tender brow prepared for thorn
Tiny heart whose blood will save us
Unto us is born
Unto us is born

So wrap our injured flesh around You
Breathe our air and walk our sod
Rob our sin and make us holy
Perfect Son of God
Perfect Son of God

Welcome to our world

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Love, Sarah