Christmas Song

A frightened virgin teenage girl
Receives a message that defies the laws of this world
All she can do is weep and nod
She's to bring into this world the Son of God

God's angel's sounds their trumpets and blow their horns
Tonight the long awaited Saviour is to be born
The goodness bound by Satan it has been torn
With this baby's precious brow ready for thorns

A star appears fulfilling ancient prophecy
There's an ounce of fear as Wise Men follow faithfully
The virgin Mary brings forth the human Saviour
And this future king sleeps soundly in the manger
Soundly in the manger

God's angel's sound their trumpets and blow their horns
Tonight the long awaited Saviour is to be born
The goodness bound by Satan it has been torn
With this baby's precious brow ready for thorns

Tonight he is born so one day he can die
To heal hearts that are torn and live the perfect life
So he can hang upon the cross and we can take his life
So we can live as sinners and he can pay the price
Tonight he is born so one day he can die
But he will rise again

God's angels sound their trumpets and blow their horns
Tonight the long awaited Saviour is to be born
The goodness bound by Satan, it has been torn
With this baby's precious brow ready for thorns
Ready for thorns..

By Flyleaf

This song makes me cry. Songs don't ever really do that, but the words, "The goodness bound by Satan, it has been torn with this baby's precious brow ready for thorns," just make me think so much. . .what was it like for Mary to look at her sweet baby's face and know that one day it would be marred beyond recognition? To know that "Tonight he is born so one day he can die," oh! what it must have done to her! I just think of how perfect little babies are, their bodies so wonderfully formed, their skin so soft, free of the wear, the scars. I can't bear to think of anything hurting a perfect little child. And she knew that her baby was born "To heal hearts that are torn and live the perfect life; So he can hang upon the cross and we can take his life;
So we can live as sinners and he can pay the price." Her child was born for those people. You know what I mean. She saw the people who couldn't care less about her child, yet he came for them. She probably looked at society, and saw murderers, thieves, rapists, and other such criminals, and couldn't imagine why anyone would want to die for them. And then one day her life changed when she found out she was going to be the one who would bear such a person. To invest her life into an innocent child, raise him, and then one day see him hang upon the cross. Oh, what great love that is! That God would send his son, and use a teenage girl to accomplish that task. She wasn't anything special, by society's terms, but she loved God and was completely open to him.

I need to be that. "How can I love you back? what can I do to show you?" (another flyleaf song that is playing now)

Oh man, what love! What a loving God!

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