I Wept

I sing in the choir at my church. I love music, I love singing, I love playing the piano, I love writing music, I love everything about music. Its wonderful! During Christmas its even more magical. We get to sing a Cantata with a live orchestra! A rare treat, we ususally just have a pianist and a keyboardist.

Yesterday we practiced for the first time with the orchestra for our Cantata. During one of the songs I wept. I couldn't help it. The tears just kept coming and wouldn't stop! My lip was quivering so badly that I couldn't sing! Thankfully this wasn't the performance, I was a mess. The song we were singing is called, "Mary Did You Know." After having a baby recently the words to this song hit home even more than they had before. The song was originally popular in the 90's and I thought it was beautiful then. But as I sang words like, "When you kiss your little baby you kiss the face of God" and "This child that you delivered will soon deliver you" I imagined my own sweet baby and the 1,000's of times I have kissed her little face and the pain of delivery, and the joy I had in my heart over this little child in my arms the day she was born. What pain and suffering and sorrow Mary had to endure when her son died on the cross! She knew him in such a personal way, in a way only a Mother can know her child. She was so priviledged, yet she had to see this perfect child die in such a terrible manner.

This Christmas its wonderful to be reminded of the birth of Christ, and how amazing that event was, and still is. I hope that all attending the services today heard the words of every song and that those that don't know Jesus as their personal Savior will be changed forever. I am honored to be a part of that moment that changed them, if they did accept Christ into their heart today. Just thought I share this moment of my life with everyone. Have a very Merry Christmas! God bless!