It's Not Peace Like A River

Do you remember the first Christmas song you heard this year? I do. It was before Oct. 31^st. Still have not figured out why it was back then. I do remember a time when you never heard any Christmas songs on the radio until after Remembrance Day, and that was way after Halloween.

And I know you don’t want to hear another article or talk show on how it is all commercialism. How much money can we make before the New Year? I don’t either. So let’s see what else is good about when and how we hear Christmas music.

I believe there is a difference in what we listen to at this time of the year. Many like the songs, especially ‘White Christmas’ and all those songs that came out during or just after WW2. We all know the words. We most always sing along when we hear them until we hear them too often. We even grow to hate some like, ‘Last Christmas’. Now we have a movement to stop playing and hearing certain songs because they can be taken the wrong way, or the meaning is different in our modern society.

Here is one thing I noticed lately. On one station I noticed they were playing more church related Christmas music. Yes, they were. And it was wonderful because it had me thinking Jesus was going to be showing up soon and not someone else. At church, when I have been in charge of the music, we sing each Christmas Hymn only once during Christmas. It is part of what Love is. We lOVE the music that points us to the object of our affection. And that object is more than that, it’s the person of Jesus Christ.

You see, I believe we need to hear the message of each Hymn because they all say something most important about the child that is going to show up on Dec. 25^th.

Just so you know, “Jesus is coming”.

Something to think about.

Rob