A Strange Way to Save the World

Strange Way to Save the World

You didn’t think I could get too far into Advent without sharing the words to one of my favorite Christmas songs did you?  I have to confess that I love Christmas music!  I am also a Christmas music purist in that I flat out refuse to listen to any kind of Christmas music before Thanksgiving, so I embrace it whole heartedly and completely on Thanksgiving Day and don’t look back until after Christmas. 

This song is one of my absolute favorites!  It is a wonderful picture of the Christmas story from Joseph’s perspective.  This song is from 4Him’s Christmas CD, Season of Love.  It makes me cry every time I hear it because it reminds me what an amazing miracle the first Christmas was and how it really has changed the world, and me, forever!  I pray that it is a blessing to you and helps you to see the story of the birth of the Savior in a new and fresh way!

“Sure he must have been surprised
At where this road had taken him
'Cause never in a million lives
Would he had dreamed of Bethlehem
And standing at the manger
He saw with his own eyes
The message from the angel come to life
And Joseph said...

Why me, I'm just a simple man of trade
Why Him, with all the rulers in the world
Why here inside this stable filled with hay
Why her, she's just an ordinary girl
Now I'm not one to second guess what angels have to say
But this is such a strange way to save the world

To think of how it could have been
If Jesus had come as He deserved
There would have been no Bethlehem
No lowly shepherds at His birth
But Joseph knew the reason
Love had to reach so far
And as he held the Savior in his arms
He must have thought...

Now I'm not one to second guess what angels have to say
But this is such a strange way to save the world“

If you want to listen to the song, you can find it here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBCVIJBB7o4

God bless, Rev. Liz Arakelian, www.LivingHopeEC.org