I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness know through all generations. I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself. You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one. I have sworn to David my servant, ‘I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.’” Psalm 89:1-4
Today is the first day of Advent and we light the first candie to represent Hope. Hope to stir our hearts and give us joyful anticipation of the coming of Jesus! You can hear the joy in David’s words so many years before Jesus was born.
During the 8th or 9th century the hymn O Come, O Come Emmanuel was written in Latin in a monastery. It was translated into English in the 1800’s and is still sung today in our churches and on popular Christmas albums. It has a soft anticipatory beat. A tune that shows in a reverent and humble way that people from long ago waited anxiously for Christ to be born in Bethlehem, just like we still hold on to the hope that Jesus will come again to vanquish the evil from our world!
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here. Until the Son of God appears. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
Have a week full of hope and anticipation as we prepare for the Christmas miracle, the birth of Jesus Christ our Lord!