Christmas

Christmas Carol 2009 ("Christmas starts with Christ")

Metre: 12 11 12 11 and refrain"Christmas with Christ" ~ Dan Soper

At the heart of our lives there’s a hunger that’s deep
To be free of the pain that makes the world weep –
And it’s met in the birth of the Christchild whose love
Shines into our darkness with light from above.
Christmas with Christ brings a hope like no other
For God in his love makes us sister and brother.

In a stable Christ’s birth shares our days and our end –
Our parties and pains now have God as a friend
Who lives with his people till the end of the age:
Eternity’s meaning in history’s page.
Christmas with Christ brings a hope like no other
For God in his love makes us sister and brother.

So today sees a start that began in the past
When Jesus was born – he’s the love that will last
And which blesses and changes our minds and our hearts –
With joy and with peace that God only imparts.
Christmas with Christ brings a hope like no other
For God in his love makes us sister and brother.

© Neil Thompson 2009