The Village {Christmas Blessings}

We go crazy on lights inside our home every Christmas. They do so much to brighten things up during the dark months. Next to the cards we hang on the high beam in our living room, my mom's adorable little village is my favorite part of our Christmas decorations. (My pictures are imperfect, I fear. I wish I would've moved that container of flour out of the way. =D)

It is so easy to lose the meaning of Christmas hymns in our familiarity with them. Let's take time to dwell upon the precious truths they contain...

Long lay the world in sin and error pining

Till He appeared, and the soul felt its worth.

A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,

For yonder breaks a new a glorious morn.

He comes to make His blessings flow

Far as the curse is found!

How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is giv'n,

So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of His heav'n.

No ear may hear His coming yet, in this world of sin,

Where meek souls will receive Him still the dear Christ enters in.

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!

This Flower, whose fragrance tender with sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor the darkness everywhere;
True Man, yet very God, from sin and death He saves us,
And lightens every load.

 

 In the light of that star lie the ages impearled;

And that song from afar has swept over the world.
Every hearth is aflame, and the beautiful sing
In the homes of the nations that Jesus is King!