A Carol For Everyone

Wherever you are in your journey, whether you are preparing for a joyous celebration of Christ's birth or you are feeling every pound of "life's crushing load" and bracing for a "less than picture perfect" occasion, there is one Christmas Carol that's just for you. Please consider it prayerfully.

It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Words: Edmund H. Sears 1810-1876 Music: Richard S. Willis 1819-1900

It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold:
"Peace on the earth, good will to men,
From heaven's all gracious King:"
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.

Still thro' the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world:
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.

And ye, beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,
Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing:
O rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing.

For lo, the days are hastening on,
By prophet bards foretold,
When with the ever-circling years
Comes round the age of gold;
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling,
And the whole world give back the song
Which now the angels sing.

My prayer for you this Christmas is that you'll find just a moment during this busy season to "rest beside the weary road and hear the angels sing."

With all my heart,
Lillian