Candle lights in hand, our young group walked door to door of fellow missionary friends to saluer them with hymns and smiles. Carols are so common this time of year, that the words and wonder of singing them are sometimes overlooked.
Allow me to share my highlighted one for this year.
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is based on a poem ("Christmas Bells") written during the Civil War by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. At the time, he was grieving his wife's death and was coping with his son having been wounded in the war. The nation was engulfed in anxiety and darkness. Christmas had come, but where was the peace and goodness? The joy and hope?
However, when the bells chimed louder, Longfellow was reminded that "God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The Wrong shall fail, The Right prevail, with peace on earth, good-will to men."
Revisit the song, listen to the lyrics, and remember that peace is promised even when the world seems so dark. Let this Christmas remind us that Christ came to lowly earth to give us that peace, and we should honor Him with songs of praise.
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