Nine Ladies Dancing

 

          I don't think Kim Andre Arnesen has has written anything that isn't beautiful. That is, I have not yet discovered anything by him I don't like. His style is so ethereal and touching. Several of you may remember "His Light in Us" which I shared several years ago which remains one of my favourite Christmas choral works to this day. Today's song is different(Which is a good thing), much more hymn like in compostition, but so moving and beautiful. 

          I usually tend to steer away from Christmas carols for this series that are not explicitly Christ focused. It's not that I won't join in a rousing round of sleigh bells, or sing Deck the Halls as loudly as anyone else, but for this series, my specific goal is to point my readers towards Christ, the cynosure of the entire celebration. If I can help to lift even one unbeliever's eyes towards our Lord of glory, or have a hand in drawing a believer into a deeper communion with my Saviour, then all of this will be worth it.

         While this song is not explicitly Christian, it does capture the spirit of Christmas with Christ, that I decided to share it. Beautiful music often does that, whether or not the writer intended it to do so.

       

             

 

We see a light, on Christmas night,

and see, a path now opens wide!

The lost, the stranger calls to us:

the wounded heart so needs us now.

Alive to love, the angels' song,

we'll travel where love leads.

Long locked away, our deepest song

now dances like a child.

We see a light,

this joyful Christmas night.

 

Then faith awakes, on Christmas night,

and we become love's answering voice!

The water flows, the mountains move,

we see much more than ruined lives.

Alive to love, the angels' song,

we'll travel where love leads.

Long locked away, our deepest song

now dances like a child.

Our faith awakes,

this star-fire Christmas night!

 

Let hope arise this Christmas night,

our hearts made great by love's new dawn!

A boundless love, a singing light,

that fills and touches all earth's lives!

Alive to love, the angels' song,

we'll travel where love leads.

Long locked away, our deepest song

now dances like a child.

Let hope arise,

this love-lit Christmas night.

       Let hope arise in all our hearts, this Christmas, for Christ has come and we  may rejoice!

            Until Later Today,

                       ~ Christianna