A year ago, I sat waiting and wondering. I looked at pictures of a little girl far away. I walked daily by her empty stocking and empty bed. I wept, wondering when the process would ever end. And I grieved, knowing she would not be joining us for Christmas.
A year later, she is home and we are all together and the whole season has light and life again. I have new appreciation for those who grieve during the holidays, who feel keenly the absence of a loved one for any reason. And I give thanks for our family united this year and the chance to celebrate all together – to see all my girls faces every morning, to hear their laughter, to share in their joy each day.
A year ago I heard this song by Third Day. I had heard it many times before, but it was just a nice song. But in the midst of the waiting and the wondering and the longing, it became an anthem that was listened to often last Christmas, always with tears. And then I forgot about it when the season was over and the Christmas music turned off.
Until this year when it played again. And the tears fell again, feeling those feelings once more and also rejoicing that the wait is over and we are on the other side of that song.
Joy Find #6 – all my girls home for Christmas
There’s a little girl trembling on a cold December morn
Cyin’ for momma’s arms
At an orphanage just outside a little China town
Where the forgotten are
But half a world away I hang
The stockings by the fire
And dream about the day
When I can finally call you mine
It’s Christmas time again but you’re not home
Your family is here and yet you’re somewhere else alone
So tonight I pray that God will come and hold you in His arms
And tell you from my heart, I wish you a Merry Christmas
As I hang the tinsel on the tree and watch the twinkling lights
I’m warmed by the fire’s glow
Outside the children tumble in a wonderland of white
And make angels in the snow
And half a world away you try
Your best to fight the tears
And hope that heaven’s angels come
To carry you here
It’s Christmas time again but you’re not home
Your family is here and yet you’re somewhere else alone
So tonight I pray that God will come and hold you in His arms
And tell you from my heart, I wish you a Merry Christmas
And Christmas is a time to celebrate the Holy Child
And we celebrate His perfect gift of love
He came to us to give His life and prepare a place for us
So we could have a home with Him above
It’s Christmas time again and now you’re home
Your family is here so you will never be alone
So tonight before you go to sleep, I’ll hold you in my arms
And tell you from my heart and I’ll tell you from my heart
I wish you a Merry Christmas
For His Glory ~
My Ears Are Tired 