Even in winter - even in a manger

Vinter och advent. Upptäckte den här sången i ett tacksägelsesammanhang genom en vlog jag följer. Det är inte sånggruppen specifikt jag lyfter fram, utan texten, även om musiken klingar fint. En icke-traditionell julsång. Att ta vara på tiden är också en sorts adventsfasta.

The light of Your brightness.

"Seasons"

"Like the frost on a rose
Winter comes for us all
Oh how nature acquaints us
With the nature of patience
Like a seed in the snow
I've been buried to grow
For Your promise is loyal
From seed to sequoia

I know
Though the winter is long even richer
The harvest it brings
Though my waiting prolongs even greater
Your promise for me like a seed
I believe that my season will come

Lord I think of Your love
Like the low winter sun
And as I gaze I am blinded
In the light of Your brightness
And like a fire to the snow
I'm renewed in Your warmth
Melt the ice of this wild soul
Till the barren is beautiful

And I know
Though the winter is long even richer
The harvest it brings
Though my waiting prolongs even greater
Your promise for me like a seed
I believe that my season will come

I can see the promise
I can see the future
You're the God of seasons
And I'm just in the winter
If all I know of harvest
Is that it's worth my patience
Then if You're not done working
God I'm not done waiting
You can see my promise
Even in the winter
Cause You're the God of greatness
Even in a manger
For all I know of seasons
Is that You take Your time
You could have saved us in a second
Instead You sent a child

Though the winter is long even richer
The harvest it brings
Though my waiting prolongs even greater
Your promise for me like a seed
I believe that my season will come

And when I finally see my tree
Still I believe there's a season to come

Like a seed You were sown
For the sake of us all
From Bethlehem's soil
Grew Calvary's sequoia"

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Seasons: Sequoia = stort barrträd, mammutträd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFEwV77n1Ng
"Christmas is God’s ultimate peace project. Just as God sent Jesus to usher in Shalom, He invites us all to become agents of Peace. --- Our prayer is that even as we enjoy the festivities of the season, that our worship might be felt in some of the most chaotic and dark places on earth, honouring our Prince of Peace, Jesus."



Seasons (with lyrics):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf81Lm1fquE&feature=youtu.be
 "Even In Winter" where God moves even in the darkest and coldest of times.  Let these words wash over you and give you hope of what's to come."




Foto av granen: EL (med kameratelefon december 2018)

Fotona i mitt collage: "Frost on roses" Joanna Lindén-Montes (hösten 2018)