Advent Carol for December 2

Advent Carol for December 2

Written by Lise Caldwell

O holy Child of Bethlehem
Descend to us, we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born to us today
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell
O come to us, abide with us
Our Lord Emmanuel

Most of us are unaware of the burden of sin in our lives. We experience moments of guilt and an underlying sense of uneasiness and “not right-ness.” But sin wraps itself in our hearts and lives, damaging us and those we love. That we can be freed from the bonds of sin are “great glad tidings” indeed. Jesus’ abiding frees us from the “not-rightness” by his “with us-ness.”