Emmanuel

A night this cold should have

Been left long ago to a much warmer dream

But holiness does not fall away

Because it is in danger of being corrupted

Holiness is set apart

For not only today but for all of history

And on this night holiness has come

Not in fear of any of us

For corrupted and desolate we sit around

Singing songs and drinking to our failures

But holiness comes in the cold

With the sun in His grasp

The depths of humanity have been deeper

Than they were that beautiful night

When that blessed baby’s cry

Was the very Glory of God Most High

In His hands He held the world

At a moment’s motion, we would fall into the sea

Now those hands are holding a woman’s fingers

Squeezing for attention and shining of majesty

Out of dark comes a light

Of whom we were made after

Ready to extinguish our innermost

Thoughts of nothing but cold

He has come to redeem the world He created

Emmanuel, Emmanuel

He has come to bring the Fullness of Glory

He has come to show us the way

He has come to give us His very self

Emmanuel, Emmanuel

He has come to allow us to breathe

He has come to fall upon His knees

He has come to give Himself away

Emmanuel, Emmanuel

He has come to completely gain us

He has come to glorify His Name

Be glorified and lifted high

Hallelujah