Unwrap

Last November I would take my family out for supper to get my parents out of the house during COVID. We would drive to neighboring towns and sit in their parking lot and eat our supper and just enjoy each other’s company. Then on the way home I would usually listen to Christmas music.

As I was driving home from Owensboro one night a line from O Holy Night hit me. I had sung this song many times before, but suddenly the line resonated like it had never done before.

So I quickly came home and sent out a simple blog. One reader responded very favorably. So I thought about writing another blog post about another line from a Christmas hymn. That blog also caused a favorable response.

Thus the idea for Unwrap was conceived.

I love Christmas music. I listen to it at work, in the car and around the home. There is something comforting about these Christmas hymns and the season surrounding these beautiful songs.

So one night I pulled out a couple of hymnals on my piano and started flipping through the Christmas hymns and reading the songs without a melody but just reading them for their lyrical content. I soon saw that many Christmas hymns contained more than the story of Christ birth, but they tell of grace, mercy, hope, love and the story of salvation.

These Christmas hymns are more than singing about a newborn baby, but singing of the Savior of the world – a Savior that came to earth to dwell with us. To go through the lows of life with us. To heal our wounds. To fight our battles. To befriend the lonely. To feed the needy.

The more I read these hymns the more I was seeing the beauty of Christ and His sacrifice.

The more I dug into these words and tuned out their melodies the more I discovered the greatness of who He was.

So, I hope if you take the time to read this book you will see the symbolism of Unwrap. I hope you unwrap, dig into, explore, rediscover, examine these hymns with a new perspective. Don’t look at these hymns like you did last year, but see them as beautiful tellings of the gospel.

We live in a cold, dark world, but thankfully we have the Light of the world.

Early Merry Christmas!

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