Also among my Christmas favorites is In the Bleak Midwinter. One of my favorite versions is by (go figure) the Crash Test Dummies. The song is rather old. It was originally a poem written by Christina Rossetti in 1872, then was put into song in 1906. I guess it is not really a popular song. It is, after all, 110 years old and ensconced in the Episcopalian Hymnal. But it is such a great winter song.
In the bleak midwinter, frosty winds made moan; earth as hard as iron, water like a stone….”
That is a simple testament to how words can transport you. Even sitting in a warm house those first lines send a shiver down your spine and transport you to that point in location and time in your life where you have been really cold.
It is also a great Christmas song, and for that matter, a great all year song, because of a later verse:
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 can I give Him – give my heart.
Amen.
It occurs to me... 