Anna E. Rendell: In the Bleak Midwinter

"It's love that pushes us through when the bleakness of midwinter seasons threatens to swallow us whole. If we look closely, we can see His beautiful face around every snow-free corner, each wintering and bare tree, and even in the brown blades of grass covering our bleak midwinter land.
 
 May we give Him our hearts. May He come and reign."

Lyrics to  "In the Bleak Midwinter", as referenced:
 In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.
Our God, heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.
What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give Him: give my heart.

Listen to one of my favorite versions, by James Taylor: https://youtu.be/fmikN0XrRpE?si=R0iiHb_J3hGnSJxh  

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