Merry Christmas!
It is December 23rd and I have been out and about today. Aerobics class was fun we exercised to Christmas music. As I ran a few errands after the gym I got the feeling that everyone was stressed out. The drivers were aggressive and speeding to get to their destination, the checkout people were not as friendly as usual, the people shopping were not as polite as usual and I wondered why today was so different from the last few weeks where people were smiling and saying Happy Holidays. I came home after completing my errands, glad to be home out of the traffic and ready to relax for the holiday but thoughts about the lyrics of this some came to my head.
On this night of hope and salvation
One child lies embraced in a dream
Where each man regardless of station
On this night can now be redeemed
Where every man regardless of his nation
Ancestral relations
On this night the past can fly away
And that dream we’ve dreamed most
That every child is held close
On this night that dream won’t be betrayed
All as one
Raise your voices
Raise your voices
All as one on this Christmas day
All rejoice
Raise your voices
Raise your voices
All rejoice, Anno Domine
On this night when no child’s forgotten
No dream sleeps where he cannot see
No man here is misbegotten
And this night’s dreams are still yet to be
Where every man regardless of his nation
Ancestral relations
On this night the past can fly away
And that dream we’ve dreamed most
That every child is held close
On this night that dream won’t be betrayed
All as one
Raise your voices
Raise your voices
All as one on this Christmas day
All rejoice
Raise your voices
Raise your voices
All rejoice, Anno Domine
This song stresses to me how the Holiday is about the Savior who cams as man to save us from the imperfect life we live now.
Getting closer to the holiday I believe puts stress on those who are wishing for the “perfect” holiday. Well, if there is one thing I have learned in this life so far is that “perfect” holiday does not exist. The decorations do not matter, the food does not matter, the gifts do not matter – the perfection in Christmas comes from within – from the absolute KNOWING without a doubt Jesus Christ was born and became man for me – He is the Savior of the World. That is my perfection and how I choose to live as a Blessed Child of God.
I love the song I have shared with you – the melody, the voices but mostly the words. As a public school teacher I have encountered far too many children who will not have a Merry Christmas. On this night of Hope and Salvation…. the dream of every child is to be held close – there will be children out there who are not held close, they are ignored or even hurt by the hands of their own parents. That is what this song means to me that one day – one day when Jesus comes back each and every child will finally be held close and taken care of. Jesus came on Christmas to redeem each and every one of us. That dream we have dreamed most every child is held close that dream won’t be betrayed.
My heart breaks as I remember just a few of the children I have had in my classroom these past 36 years. One child who had finger marks on his wrist and arm from being held too closely by a father. One child who had a bruise and scratches on her cheek., When I asked her, she told me “Mom did it” I wanted to cry. Even closer to home a, 3 year old child left alone in an apartment for 2 days because Mom is involved in the drug world. This Christmas will not be perfect – nothing will ever be perfect – until………..
MJmusiclady 