There Is a Remedy

This morning in our church worship service, our choir sang a beautiful song called

     "There is a Remedy".   

In these days leading up to "Christmas", the time we as Christians set aside to celebrate the birth of our Savior, several thoughts will come to mind as the days go on and we shop in the stores, seeing the decorations and gifts and bright bows; hearing the Christmas music in those that still are playing it. We'll see shoppers, some with smiling faces as they choose that special gift for a loved one; some with frowns and lines in their faces because this is a stressful time that brings little if any real 'joy' to their lives.

Some people are very lonely at this time of year, even when surrounded by friends and parties and festive decorations.  There is an emptiness deep inside that can't be filled with anything, no matter how hard one might try.  There is a reason for that emptiness.  I believe this is the time of year when our hearts are drawn to seek a Savior.  The wise men searched for long periods of time through sacred writings, trying to find where this Savior would be born, as foretold in the holy Scriptures.  They traveled long and hard seeking the ONE that could provide a remedy to a sin-sick world.

Jesus came into a world that was not looking for him and had no room for Him. From the moment He was born and laid in the manger, the shadow of a cross lingered over His cradle.  Jesus came to die; for you and for me and all that will seek Him, just as those wisemen from many years ago.

"That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.  He came unto his own, and his own received him not."  John 1: 9-11

But the GOOD NEWS of Christmas

and each and every day to us is this:

"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.  John 1:12-14

Here are the lovely words to the song our choir sang this morning:

There is a Remedy

For the world that's lost in darkness

For the saint who's gone astray
For the sinner, blind but searching
For the child in need of faith

For the homeless and forsaken
For the hungry and the cold
For the prisoner and the captive
For the young and for the old

                                                       
(Chorus)
There is a remedy
For every sin-sick soul

There is a cure for all

All the pain and hurt and wrong

There is a solution
For all the problems deep inside
There is a remedy
And His name is Jesus Christ

For the bitter, for the lonely

For the weary and afraid

For the burdened and frustrated
The discouraged and dismayed

For the mocked and persecuted

For the battered, for the wronged
For the scarred and for the wounded
For the weak and for the strong

(Repeat Chorus)

                                                  

(Bridge)

For every tribe and every nation
For every color, every rac
For every tongue and every language
For every time and every place
There's an answer to the questions
There is love for all the hate
There's a healer for the dying
He's the Light, the Truth, the Way

                               
(Repeat Chorus)

I only wish you could hear this sung by our Pastor's wife and our choir!

Our Lord Jesus Christ is beyond beautiful.