Christmas Music

When I was a kid I hated Christmas songs! Stores would start their celebration in fall blaring the music from the loud speakers.  My mom like the stores, Loves Christmas music!  She loves Christmas in general.  Her house is always over decorated and blasting the tunes I despised so much.  She even has a clock that you can customize the way it chimes and tis the season it chimes "Silent Night."  Her joyfulness was not welcomed by me when I was younger.  I even remember one morning in my teenage years she was rocking out to her holly jolly tunes and cleaning, it was echoing throughout  the house while I was trying to sleep. This didn't go over well.  I woke up furious came flying out of my room, grabbed her cd out of the player and chucked it outside!  I was an angry teenager looking back.  Needless to say,  Christmas music and me didn't get along.

"For everyone who does evil hates the Light and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed!" (John 3:20) Back then, I didn't know that was what was going on.  I only knew I hated it. I hated anything that had to do with the Light.  Jesus birth is a time when the Light beams radiantly and I wanted to run away from anything pointing to it. Of course, now things are different.  I love the Light!  I want  to sing and dance praise songs to Jesus! I want to shout "Christmas is the birth of my Savior!" Its the beginning of the greatest miracle to EVER happen on earth!  It was the birth that lead to the death that lead to life! It doesn't matter what season of the year I cant help but praise God!

So, this year, I have been rocking the Christmas music!  I sing with my whole heart and soul, with hands lifted high in the air, Praising God for the miracle that brought this dead soul back to life!  I love that stores are playing songs to My King so early in the season! Its never too early to celebrate Jesus birth! This year my heart is filled with gladness.  Even if the stores are doing it for "commercial" purposes, I pray that someones heart can be changed because they heard the lyrics of Silent Night walking through Macy's, and then Mary did you Know at JC Penny's.  The stores being completely unaware that they are planting seeds for the great harvest!!

This year I pray Christmas music never gets old.  That I never get tired of hearing them play.  I pray that Christians use the music as a way to share the gospel.  I pray that unbelievers question why the music everyone knows inspires such joy in us, may they see its not just "another" Christmas song, it is Everything to us!  Its the miracle of Jesus birth we praise!!  My heart wants to flutter out of my chest because of the Joy God has given me.  I could write pages upon pages why this holiday I am overwhelmed with gladness but right now  I will just say "I LOVE CHRISTMAS MUSIC!!"

Holy Father,

Thank you soooo much God for your master plan to send your son to this earth as a baby.  Thank you Jesus for humbling yourself and coming to the earth you created to bring us life!  God this is a season of celebration to your Name!  I pray that the story never gets mundane or old Lord but every year, all year, I will dance with joy for what you did for me!! You are so unbelievably worthy of praise!

I love you with my whole heart,
Amen