My all time favorite song has always been Amy Grant's "Breath of Heaven". I still have my tape of her Christmas album- I used to listen to it all year long. Now I have the cd version (although I have kept the tape in a memory box... it's too precious to me to just throw away!). The past few years that I have had a myspace page, I have made it my profile song for the Christmas season. I have performed it a few times at various churches. This song just seems to resonate within me. there is something about the innocent youth of Mary that rings true in this song. I can also see where Mary had a quiet grace... quiet, but strong. She was one amazing young woman. Think of all that she sacrificed for her child! Think of the fear that could've run through her when she had to tell Joseph. "Uh, honey, I know we aren't married yet and I'm still a virgin, but God made me pregnant with our future Savior and king... you're still going to marry me and take this child in as your own, right?" Okay, so maybe it didn't quite go that way- but you can catch my drift. Mary was one awesome woman.
One thing that really struck me this year was the thought that Mary was probably much younger than I am now. I am 23 with a one year old, and I often think of how young and unprepared I was... can you imagine Mary, as a young teenager (most have predicted that she was somewhere between the ages of 12 and 15), pregnant with not only a baby- but the holy son of God?! It's mind boggling. I can't even imagine parenting such an individual. I often feel inadequate as a parent to a normal, sinful child. I sometimes feel unworthy of her love and adoration. Picture yourself running after a perfect child. Nothing He did was wrong. Goodness. Even more- imagine being his sibling! You couldn't blame anything on him... "Oh, Jesus knocked that over, mom! It wasn't me, I swear!" Uh huh. Try again, buddy.
Ok, enough with the jokes. Back to this song. Here are the lyrics:
I have traveled many moonless nights
Cold and weary with a babe inside
And I wonder what I've done
Holy father you have come
And chosen me now to carry your son
I am waiting in a silent prayer
I am frightened by the load I bear
In a world as cold as stone
Must I walk this path alone
Be with me now
Be with me now
Breath of heaven
Hold me together
Be forever near me
Breath of heaven
Breath of heaven
Lighten my darkness
Pour over me your holiness
For you are holy
Breath of heaven
Do you wonder as you watch my face
If a wiser one should have had my place
But I offer all I am
For the mercy of your plan
Help me be strong
Help me be
Help me
Breath of heaven
Hold me together
Be forever near me
Breath of heaven
Breath of heaven
Lighten my darkness
Pour over me your holiness
For you are holy
Breath of heaven
1 comment:
I like: Mary Did You Know.
My favorite: Away in a Manger. Because I sang it to you when you were one month old, your first Christmas.
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