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My wife contacted me this morning and told me to go check out this Christmas song by Third Day. I got home at lunch, got my self a bowl of cereal, sat down on my computer and downloaded it from itunes.
As I listened to the song, I had to shove the bowl aside, my head fell into my hands and I tried to hold it together.
This song is for those of you that will not have the opportunity to be with your little ones over the holidays. You all are in my thoughts and prayers.
Here are the lyrics, the song is that much more special.
GROUP: Third Day SONG: Merry Christmas
There's a little girl trembling on a cold December morn
Crying for momma's arms
At an orphanage just outside a little China town
There the forgotten are
But half a world away I hang the stockings by the fire
And dream about the day when I can finally call you mine
It's Christmas time again but you're not home
Your family is here and yet you're somewhere else alone
And so tonight I pray that God will come and hold you in his arms
And tell you from my heart I wish you Merry Christmas
As I hang the tinsel on the tree and watch the twinkling lights
I'm warmed by the fire's glow
Outside the children tumble in a wonderland of white,
Make angels in the snow
But half a world away you try your best to fight the tears
And hope that heaven's angels come to carry you here
It's Christmas time again but you're not home
Your family is here and yet you're somewhere else alone
And so tonight I pray that God will come and hold you in his arms
And tell you from my heart I wish you Merry Christmas
Christmas is a time to celebrate the holy child
and we celebrate his perfect gift of love
He came to earth to give his life
and prepare a place for us
so we could have a home with him above
It's Christmas time again and now you're home
Your family is here so you will never be alone
So tonight before you go to sleep, I'll hold you in my arms
And I'll tell you from my heart, and I'll you from my heart
I wish you Merry Christmas
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*sniffle*sniffle*
Thanks for sharing!
Merry CHRISTmas everyone!!
Cindy
PS You can listen to it here:
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grab your tissues first!
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(stalking you all from the Ethiopia board)
Sobbed last year when my baby was a world away.
Sob this year when he's in my arms. I try to sing along to it, but can't hardly get past the first few words.
Have you all also heard the Steven Curtis Chapman song All I Really Want? It's nearly as sob-inducing:
Lyrics to New, Original Songs on "All I Really Want for Christmas"
by Steven Curtis Chapman (2005 Sparrow Records, EMI CMG)
All I really Want
Well, I don't know if you remember me or not
I'm one of the kids they brought in from the home
I was the red-haired boy in an old, green flannel shirt
You may not have seen me, I was standing off alone
I didn't come and talk to you 'cause that's never worked before
And you'll probably never see this letter, anyway
But just in case there's something you can do to help me out
I'll ask you one more time
All I really want for Christmas is someone to tuck me in
A shoulder to cry on if I lose, shoulders to ride on if I win
There's so much I could ask for, but there's just one thing I need
All I really want for Christmas is a family
Well, I guess I should go ahead and tell you now
If it's really true about that list you have
Somehow I always seem to end up in a fight
But I'm really trying hard not to be bad
But maybe if I had a brother or a dad to wrestle with
Maybe they could teach me how to get along
And from everything I've heard, it sounds like the greatest gift on earth
Would be a mom
All I want for Christmas is someone who'll be here
To sing me happy birthday for the next 100 years
And It's okay if they're not perfect or even if they're a little broken
That's alright, 'Cause so am I
Well, I guess I should go, it's almost time for bed
Maybe next time I write you I'll be at home
`Cause all I really want for Christmas is someone to tuck me in
Tell me I'll never be alone, someone whose love will never end
Of all that I could ask for, well, there's just one thing I need
All I really want for Christmas is a family
It's after midnight, I really should go to bed now but I'm stuck reading these songs!
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Here's a new one that has had me in tears like you wouldn't believe. I heard it for the first time in the car and I had to pull over I was crying so hard. Mark Schultz was adopted as a baby. This is a love song that he wrote for his birthmom. Everything to Me (from the album Broken and Beautiful) I must have felt your tearsWhen they took me from your armsIm sure I must have heard you say goodbyeLonely and afraid had you made a big mistakeCould an ocean even hold the tears you criedBut you had dreams for meYou wanted the best for meAnd you made the only choice you could that night(Chorus)You gave life to meA brand new world to seeLike playing baseball in the yard with dad at nightMom reading Goodnight MoonAnd praying in my roomSo if you worry if your choice was rightYou gave me up but you gave everything to meAnd if I saw you on the streetWould you know that it was meAnd would your eyes be blue or green like mineWould we share a warm embraceWould you know me in your heartOr would you smile and let me walk on byKnowing you had dreams for meYou wanted the best for meAnd I hope that youҒd be proud of who I am(Chorus)You gave life to meA chance to find my dreamsAnd a chance to fall in loveYou should have seen her shining faceOn our wedding dayOh is this the dream you had in mindWhen you gave me upYou gave everything to meAnd when I see you thereWatching from heavens gatesInto your armsIҒm gonna runAnd when you look in my eyesYou can see my whole lifeSee who I wasAnd who Ive become(Chorus)