Hopefully this is not a weather forecast! Today’s song (delayed from yesterday, alas) looks at the fact that Christmas is the time when we remember specifically how God chose to come to us. We would have expected Christ to come in majesty, pomp and splendour, but instead He came to a stable in Bethlehem. Little wonder the wise men were confused about where to find the king! So often, God’s ways are not our ways and the way He works confuses and bewilders us, but as we pause and linger at the stable, let’s remember that chaos and apparent rejection can actually all be part of God’s will.
‘Could’ve come like a mighty storm,
With all the strength of a hurricane.
You could’ve come like a forest fire
With the power of Heaven in Your flame
But You came like a winter snow
Quiet and soft and slow
Falling from the sky in the night
To the earth below
You could’ve swept in like a tidal wave
Or an ocean to ravish our hearts.
You could have come through like a roaring flood
To wipe away the things we’ve scarred
But You came like a winter snow, yes, You did
You were quiet, You were soft and slow
Falling from the sky in the night
To the earth below
Ooh no, Your voice wasn’t in a bush burning
No, Your voice wasn’t in a rushing wind
It was still, it was small, it was hidden
Oh, You came like a winter snow
Quiet and soft and slow
Falling from the sky in the night
To the earth below.’ (‘Winter Snow’, Chris Tomlin & Audrey Assad)