I love Christmas music!  Christmas in my family with divorced parents was sometimes not the easiest of holidays, but I was always drawn to Christmas music.  Joyful, thoughtful, pleasant lyrics about family, friends, sleigh rides, merriment, happiness, snow… it just gives me the warm fuzzies =P  And now after coming into a loving, caring, redeeming relationship with the greatest Father and Friend there can be (coming up on 7 years in the Spring =D), there’s a whole lot more reason to sing about Christmas!

Also, I had the awesome privilege to share one of my favorite Christmas songs with Living Water on Sunday, and even more-so, to sing alongside a great friend, sister, and one of the greatest musicians I know as she played keyboard & sang harmony -- you rock Jenna!

“I Celebrate the Day” -- Relient K

And with this Christmas wish is missed
The point I could convey
If only I could find the words to say to let You know
how much You’ve touched my life
Because here is where You’re finding me,
in the exact same place as New Year’s eve
And from a lack of my persistency
We’re less than half as close as I want to be

And the first time
That You opened Your eyes did You realize that You would be my Savior
And the first breath that left Your lips
Did You know that it would change this world forever

And so this Christmas I’ll compare the things I felt in prior years
To what this midnight made so clear
That You have come to meet me here

To look back and think that
This baby would one day save me
In the hope that what You did
That you were born so I might really live
To look back and think that
This baby would one day save me

And I, I celebrate the day
That You were born to die
So I could one day pray for You to save my life

Thanks to Jenny for the opportunity to share with the beloved!!

Here’s the link to the recorded version…

http://livingwaterberkeley.org/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=121&video_id=72

After watching that, I realized that I make a lot of weird faces when I sing =P

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!  We’re celebrating one of the greatest days in human history, and I hope, one of the greatest days in your life as well!

The greatest day in history, Death is beaten
You have rescued me
Sing it out Jesus is alive
The empty cross, The empty grave
Life eternal You have won the day
Shout it out Jesus is alive
He’s alive

Oh happy day, happy day
You washed my sin away
Oh happy day, happy day
I’ll never be the same
Forever I am changed

When I stand, in that place
Free at last, meeting face to face
I am Yours Jesus You are mine
Endless joy, perfect peace
Earthly pain finally will cease
Celebrate Jesus is alive
He’s alive

Oh what a glorious day
What a glorious way
That You have saved me
Oh what a glorious day
What a glorious name

… and that pretty much sums up today =]  And it was a good break from the last week of… well, some not-so-happy things (besides my GRANDMA BEING SAVED!  Another post to come about that fosho =D).