Christmas "Card"

We went to a fantastic and cozy event with the gifted singer/songwriter/author Michael Card. He sang some new songs and some old ones. One special highlight was when he sang a couple of his Christmas songs. Emmanuel and Joseph's Song are two of my favorites. He is very thoughtful about how he goes about putting his songs together.

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In between songs, he talked about how a mother knows her baby's cry. When he cries one way, it means he's hungry; another way means he's tired, etc. Meanwhile, to the rest of us, it probably all sounds like the same cry. I got to thinking about the Great I Am, humbling Himself to that extent. He emptied Himself of His glory and had to cry as he waited for his swaddling cloths to be changed. Doesn't that blow your mind? All this (and more) because He wanted to bring the way, the truth and the life to all who would believe. Señor Card said something funny. At one point, he referred to himself as an "affirmation junkie." Hey Mike, me too! Hello, my name is Craver, and I'm an affirmation junkie. Everybody: "Hello Craver."