Christmas Countdown - Day 8

It's getting so close!  Only 5 more days until the big one.  I think I am more excited for Luke than myself, but I guess that is how it is once you have kids.  It gives you such delight to see it through their eyes.  It is so important to Brandon & me that we teach Luke that Christmas is not just about Santa & presents and all the commercial stuff that seems to go with the holiday.  Yes, it's fun, but it's about so much more than that.  The song I've chosen for today is called "Strange Way to Save the World" by 4Him.  I realized that I don't have this one downloaded in my collection & I don't know why, because this song always really touches me!  I can only imagine all that Joseph must have been thinking to be in the situation he was in - this song gives me an idea of what those thoughts might have been.  You can listen to it here.

I'm sure he must have been surprised
At where this road had taken him
'Cause never in a million lives
Would he had dreamed of Bethlehem
And standing at the manger
He saw with his own eyes
The message from the angel come to life
And Joseph said...

Why me, I'm just a simple man of trade
Why Him, with all the rulers in the world
Why here, inside this stable filled with hay
Why her, she's just an ordinary girl
Now I'm not one to second guess what angels have to say
But this is such a strange way to save the world

To think of how it could have been
If Jesus had come as He deserved
There would have been no Bethlehem
No lowly shepherds at His birth
But Joseph knew the reason
Love had to reach so far
And as he held the Savior in his arms
He must have thought...

Why me, I'm just a simple man of trade
Why Him, with all the rulers in the world
Why here, inside this stable filled with hay
Why her, she's just an ordinary girl
Now I'm not one to second guess what angels have to say
But this is such a strange way to save the world

Now I'm not one to second guess what angels have to say
But this is such a strange way to save the world
...this is such a strange way to save the world