Behold the Lamb of God: The True Tall Tale of the Coming of Christ is hands-down, my favorite Christmas album. Period.
Mainly because of its “whole story” aspect of the telling of the Christmas story. I wrote a post about the album back in 2009, which has been my “most clicked” post for the last 90 days. I actually arranged the album for our church choir and wrote an accompanying drama back in 2009 as well, but had to cancel the program for various reasons…maybe someday.
If you are looking for a good and thought-provoking Christmas album, head over to iTunes and get a copy!
All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and let us sing
O Praise Him! O Praise Him!
Alleluia
Creation sent to me the centipede
to witness the complexity
of one hundred legs that were moving unexpectedly
ironically
just as they were meant to be,
they’re fearfully and wonderfully made;
An organism praised in circadian rhythms:
the sun will rise and then the sun will set, and then the sun will rise again,
so lift up your head!
this is life: not a static object preserved and displayed like a relic from the dead
You are not a fruitless tree with a rootless disease
growin’ in a bucket in a rich man’s home
next to the TV tamed and alone
learnin’ to lust for the things you don’t own
like an arm chair warrior who’s been dethroned
Declawed and fixed
fighting for you life with unattended slit wrists.
Don’t let your name get intermingled with the number cause its time to awaken from the devilish slumber,
to freely follow the Forerunner
to the fatherland and rally round the renaissance man
and the wisdom of His ways
and all the work of His hands
catch come as catch can
concentrating on the good words of the Son of Man,
the plan is to withstand the demands of a confused oppressor:
a wolf in sheep’s clothes
with monotonous lectures
and questionable gestures
unequal measures
cultural pressures
and synthetic textures
force fed instead of the most beautiful architecture
of our long lost, forgotten origins:
Unseen fiber in the blood of my King
And that old rock where we confessed our sins
Oh, my God, fellow man
in this great land they all cry out for
full restoration
and this will take
patience
and this will take the tribes
and the tongues of all the nations
and all of creation groans in anticipation
Waitin’ for the Son of God to be manifest
I can feel it burnin’ in my chest
The liberation for the oppressed
And it’s beautiful like the feet that bring good news…
Its beautiful like this freedom tune
Its beautiful like the power to choose…to change
Beautiful like the long awaited rain
Beautiful like the healing pains
Beautiful like the holy flames…coming down!
All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and with us sing
O Praise Him! O Praise Him!
Alleluia…
I finally had some time to spend with Josh Garrells’ Love & War & The Sea In Between today.
I kept it on all day while in the yard – i was hooked after the first time through…
Great lyrics and variety of musical styles…
My two favorite tracks so far are:
Farther Along Farther along we’ll know all about it Farther along we’ll understand why Cheer up my brothers, live in the sunshine We’ll understand this, all by and by
and
The Resistance Hold fast my people and sing
Through peace and through suffering
All for the joy that it brings, to be free
It’s gonna cost us everything
To follow one Lord and King
True love endures everything
To be free
Over all, it’s a great album.
Check it out & download it for free at one of my fav sites for music – NoiseTrade
I finally had some time to spend with Josh Garrells’ Love & War & The Sea In Between today.
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