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Because Of Love
02:15
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Many people see God as distant and uninterested in our lives. Some believe He is too busy to be bothered. Others of us are so afraid of Him we dare not draw near. Whatever the reason, many people believe God is in heaven and we are on earth, and never the two shall meet. Even those of us who would say we have a relationship with God sometimes sense something has come between us. The reasons for this sense of separation can be many yet, the result is still the same—God seems distant. Enter Immanuel. He came to live and suffer and die with us so that we could live with Him forever. No one forced Him to do this; He did it because He wanted to. He did it because He loves us. A God who loves us that much is anything but distant.
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Little Girl Little Boy
01:27
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On a winter night ago
a young maiden lay down
she brough into this world of ours
a love of great renown
She did not know what the angel meant
when he said to her
it will be your son through whom sin is undone
little girl don't be afraid of what God asks of you
through your son all folk will be like new
On a winter night ago
a young maiden lay down
she brought into this world of ours
a love of great renown
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Open To Mercy
02:18
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A good man and simple man is bewildered. He finds that his young betrothed is pregnant. What is he to do? What would you do? Joseph’s plan is to respond to the confusion he feels with mercy, he plans to quietly divorce her to spare her the shame and punishment of the crowd. But his plans were not God’s plans. He was open to God when the call came to do more than he thought he could. I do not think he could have heard God’s call in a dream without such openness. When he learns the truth, he extends mercy even more fully, taking her into his home, loving and caring for her and her child. He sacrifices his own desires and refuses to respond to his hurt with more hurt and the world would never be the same.
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Old Man Little Boy
01:55
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She came to me in the family way
unusual for our time
I wish that I had known the girl
before that angel brought her to my world
It seemed somehow she needed me
for what I wasn't ready for
I wish that I had known the girl
before she brought that baby to my world
It seems I wasn't ready for
what my God was asking me
it seems I wasn't ready for
what the child would do for me
She came to me in the family way
unusual for our time
it seems somehow God needed me
for what I wasn't ready for
it seems somehow they needed me
that baby and the girl
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Nativity Once Again
01:15
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As we prepare to enter into another holy season and we pull out our nativity set once again, I find myself contemplating those familiar pieces. Mary and Joseph searching for an inn. The simple shepherds going about their usual business of tending their fussy sheep. The angelic hosts bursting into the night with their song. And what do those angels proclaim? A holy baby born in the filth and smell of humble animals. A perfect God coming to live in a broken, messed-up world.
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One Angel Little Boy
01:22
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I've been working for the King of all things
with so much to do I'm glad He gave me wings
to fly down here
to let you know He sent a little boy
to do what must be done 'round here
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What an incredible sight! A heavenly chorus singing a song about the birth of the King of the Universe to a handful of humble shepherds. While that contrast is striking, it fits well with everything else we know about that Bethlehem birth. Mary and Joseph did not stand out from the crowd. Bethlehem was a small and unremarkable town. Jesus’ first cradle was a feeding trough. The list goes on. But notice how the shepherds responded. After they overcame their initial shock and fear, they did what the rest of us would have done—they went to check out the manger. They had just received the most incredible news they had ever heard, and they wanted to witness what was happening. So, on they went to Bethlehem where they found everything “just as they had been told.”
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One Shepherd Little Boy
02:26
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Sitting here under this olive tree
listening to the sound of a 100 sheep
well I think there's nothing going on around here
My rod and my staff and this little sheet of fleece
keeping me warm in a winter night's breeze
well I think there's nothing going on around here
But that changed the night I saw
on a hillside a 100 angels singing
singing 'bout a Bethlehem birth
well I think there's something going on around here
I went into the city that very night
found that baby wrapped up tight
now I think there's something going on around here
So I walked down the road
singing a new melody
to a 100 people about the Bethlehem baby
now I sing there's something going on around here
now I think there's something going on around here
now I know there's something going on around here
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Reason To Sing
01:57
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And here is the hope. God is still beside us, in us, despite our glaring imperfections. He still gives us purpose and meaning, despite the doubt, depression, and sin that weighs heavy on our shoulders. God wants to be with us, even in our messiness. He delights in our hearts, not our performances. And he can redeem every broken wing and every scar that has hurt us. That is good news of great joy. It is alive, and beautiful, and breathing. As I listen to the angels singing, I join their chorus. I’ll proclaim the good news that God shows up in dark places. I pray it will make its way to every desperate heart that needs to hear it. To every broken angel who is still looking for a reason to sing.
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David Lussier Aberdeen, North Carolina
In times present and past I’ve been a Dad, Husband, composer, bass player, Avid Reader, Piano Player, Musical Theater Director, Bike Rider, Skateboard Steeler, Recorder Player, Percussionist, Church Musician, played the roles of Poet, Guitar Player, Mountain Climber, honorary Polish Citizen, Fire Starter, Christian, choral Director and school teacher. ... more
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