Oh Holy Night

I love Christmas carols.  I sing them all year long.  It drives my family and friends nuts, but I just can't get enough.  I absolutely adore this time of year because I get to hear the music all the time.  I remember one year for Christmas my sister and I wanted to do something special for my dad so we made a tape recording of us singing a bunch of Christmas songs.  I especially remember doing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.  My sister let me add in the extra lines, my favorite part of the song.  I don't know why, but the last line "You'll go down in history (like George Washington!)" always managed to crack me up.  Over the last few years, I've come to love “Oh Holy Night” the most.  It is the most inspiring song I know.  There are so many days when it’s easy to feel worthless.  It’s hard to remember that we can recover from our mistakes.  That our sins can be forgiven.  Our Heavenly Father loves us unconditionally.  Although I don’t know anyone who would feel worthy to stand in the Lord’s presence, it is by his love and grace that we can remember what we are worth.  Tomorrow is always a new day…with no mistakes in it.  Every day is another chance to repent and try our best.  Knowing how merciful Heavenly Father is, it’s hard not to fall on your knees in gratitude and praise.  The night our Savior was born was a glorious night, indeed.  The fact that he chose to be born into a life of sorrow and suffering with the knowledge that he would have to make the ultimate sacrifice is absolutely amazing.  He loves us each that much.  It’s a comfort to know that no matter what we feel and suffer, what challenges we face, we are not alone.  He has experienced every disappointment, every pain, every sadness, every everything.  Whenever we feel like no one can ever understand where we’re coming from, he can because he’s felt it.  He knows us each better than we know ourselves, yet he still loves us.  He was born on that man might be saved.  It’s as Mary said in The Nativity Story, “He is for all mankind.”  Oh night divine.