Merry Christmas my friends. Some of you are joyous today, and others intensely sad. No matter how you are feeling, I’d love to share a beautiful song with you. It is Crowder’s song, Come as You Are*. It perfectly describes the love and freedom we have in Jesus. Here is the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjgioXrnEME for the YouTube video. If you have five minutes, I promise you’ll be refreshed.
Here are the beautiful lyrics:
Come out of sadness, From wherever you’ve been
Come broken-hearted, Let rescue begin
Come find your mercy, Oh sinner come kneel
Earth has no sorrow, That heaven can’t heal
Earth has no sorrow, That heaven can’t heal
So lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
Oh wanderer come home
You’re not too far
So lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are
There’s hope for the hopeless, And all those who’ve strayed
Come sit at the table, Come taste the grace
There’s rest for the weary, Rest that endures
Earth has no sorrow, That heaven can’t cure
So lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
Oh wanderer come home
You’re not too far
So lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are
Come as you are
Fall in his arms, Come as you are
There’s joy for the morning, Oh sinner be still
Earth has no sorrow, That heaven can’t heal
Earth has no sorrow, That heaven can’t heal
So lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face
Oh wanderer come home
You’re not too far
So lay down your hurt
Lay down your heart
Come as you are
Come as you are
Come as you are
So, on this beautiful Christmas morning, I pray each of us will lay down our burdens, shame and past hurts. I pray we will take a few moments to be still and reflect on the God who came to us, to rescue us from our brokenness and pain. We don’t have to clean ourselves up, or do anything for Him. We can come to Him, just as we are.
Merry Christmas dear friends.
Caroline
*Publishing: © 2014 sixsteps Music / worshiptogether.com Songs / Inot Music / 9T One Songs / Ariose Music (ASCAP) / Valley Of Songs Music (BMI) (Admin. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) / Thankyou Music (admin. worldwide at EMICMGPublishing.com, excluding Europe, which is admin. by Kingswaysongs) (PRS)
Writer(s): David Crowder, Matt Maher and Ben Glover
