Mom has been gone exactly four years, and I’ve really missed her today. She used to drive me nuts singing Christmas hymns and carols, but it was her favorite time of year and I forgave her her jubilation. She was a sucker for the lights and ornaments and the carolers and the sugar cookies, but at her core was a love for Christ that she couldn’t have hidden had she wanted to.<\/p>\n
This one’s for you, Mom.<\/p>\n
Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
\nLet earth receive her King;
\nLet every heart prepare him room,
\nAnd heaven and nature sing,
\nAnd heaven and nature sing,
\nAnd heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.<\/p>\n
Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns;
\nLet men their songs employ;
\nWhile fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
\nRepeat the sounding joy,
\nRepeat the sounding joy,
\nRepeat, repeat the sounding joy.<\/p>\n
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
\nNor thorns infest the ground;
\nHe comes to make His blessings flow
\nFar as the curse is found,
\nFar as the curse is found,
\nFar as, far as, the curse is found.<\/p>\n
He rules the world with truth and grace,
\nAnd makes the nations prove
\nThe glories of His righteousness,
\nAnd wonders of His love,
\nAnd wonders of His love,
\nAnd wonders, wonders, of His love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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