O Come, O Come

My mom, a recent arrival on Facebook, had a profile status over the Thanksgiving weekend along the lines of: "I love Christmas music, but I am listening to the Christain radio station and they are playing Christmas music 24/7 and I am getting tired of it already." I can precisely understand exactly what she is saying and I can probably even pick out the songs and the artists that the station is playing over and over again. I haven't found a decent Christian music radio station (is there even such a thing) in Philly so I haven't been subjected to the torture this year but I vividly remember the Christian station in my hometown driving me bonkers with their endless play of Christian music starting the day after Thanksgiving, which is still in November mind you. I guess when it comes to Christmas music, you can call me a grinch. I just don't get all that excited about the Christmas songs. A majority of them aren't very Biblically accurate and that irks me sometimes. Maybe I need to check my attitude, well, I know I need to check my attitude but let me write what I am thinking at this current moment. I enjoy some Christmas songs, "Rocking around the Christmas Tree", "All I want for Christmas is You", "You Can't Have Christmas Without Christ" and the like. Actually, just kidding. If I'm allowed favorites, my favorite Christmas song is "O Come O Come Emmanuel" and "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus". I can't place a finger on exactly why I am drawn to these songs in particular but I think I appreciate the longing and expectation that is revealed in the lyrics. Frankly, this longing and expectation is something that I am hoping to discover, or recover this Christmas season. I am eager to participate in the Advent readings and prayers as I seek to have this longing and expectation of the coming of Yeshua Messiah.

For truly, "a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel"
Isa. 7:14

IMMANUEL, GOD WITH US