I often struggle during the Christmas season when I think about the contrast between the fact that the creator of the universe sent His son to be our Savior by dying for our sins and the cultural focus on decorations, Santa Claus and challenge to buy gifts for people who have more than they need.

This year has been different because I went through iTunes and selected every Christmas song that celebrates the birth of Jesus and have been listening to them over and over. It has truly been a blessed Christmas season for me to regularly be reminded of what God did for us through the different perspectives of these songs.

A song and a video that have especially helped me be so very thankful for what God has done for us this Christmas season are included below.

Here is Glad singing a song called “In the First Light”

I have included the lyrics here for you:

In the First Light – By Bob Kauflin

In the first light of a new day no one knew he had arrived
Things continued as they had been while a newborn softly cried
But the heavens wrapped in wonder knew the meaning of his birth
In the weakness of a baby they knew God had come to earth

As his mother held him closely it was hard to understand
That her baby, not yet speaking, was the word of God to man
He would tell them of his kingdom but their hearts would not believe
They would hate him and in anger they would nail him to a tree

But the sadness would be broken as the song of life arose
And the firstborn of creation would ascend and take his throne
He had left it to redeem us but before his life began
He knew he’d come back, not as a baby, but as the Lord of every man

Hear the angels as they’re singing on the morning of his birth
But how much greater will our song be when he comes again to earth
Hear the angels as they’re singing on the morning of his birth
But how much greater will our song be when he comes to rule the earth!

Another video that was helpful in this process was by the Skit Guys which I have included below:

May you be reminded often during this Christmas season of how much God loves you by what He has done.