How Should A King Come?

Merry Christmas Eve! Our annual musical program was tonight, and it was another great evening of scripture reading, music (flutes, wooden flute, and guitar), and singing--some well-known carols and several new ones!

Dad and the kids (young adults now!) have been putting together the Girotti traditional Christmas Eve program for over twenty years. It varies with participants, relatives attending, and theme of the program, but it is always exceptional. I look forward to it every year.

Tonight's musical theme was "A King Has Come," and my favorite song performed was How Should a King Come? The words are below, and you can listen to it sung by a choir and orchestra by clicking on the link.

How Should a King Come?

How should a King come?
Even a child knows the answer of course,
In a coach of gold with a pure white horse.
In the beautiful city in the prime of the day,
And the trumpets should cry and the crowds make way.
And the flags fly high in the morning sun,
And the people all cheer for the sovereign one.
And everyone knows that's the way that it's done.
That's the way that a King should come.

How should a King come?
Even a commoner understands,
He should come for His treasures,
And His houses and lands.
He should dine upon summer strawberries and milk,
And sleep upon bedclothes of satin and silk.
And high on a hill His castle should glow,
With the lights of the city like jewels below.
And everyone knows that's the way that it's done,
That's the way that a King should come.

How should a King come?
On a star filled night into Bethlehem,
Rode a weary woman and a worried man.
And the only sound in the cobblestone street,
Was the shuffle and the ring of their donkey's feet.
And a King lay hid in a virgin's womb,
And there were no crowds to see Him come.
At last in a barn in a manger of hay,
He came and God incarnate lay.

And the angels cried, "Glory, glory to God.”
Earth was silent so heaven rang!
"Glory, glory to God."
Men were silent so the angels sang,
"Glory, glory to God,
Peace on earth good will to men,
Glory, glory to God,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
Glory to God, glory in the highest!
Glory to God, glory in the highest!
Glory to God!
(Carol and Jimmy Owens)

Have a very blessed Christmas Day tomorrow!

~Deb for the family

Comments

[Tammy]

Merry Christmas Girotti family.

I am sure you were laughing when I posted about wanting a basket and if I didn't get one for Christmas then I would buy one.I was very surprised to see 3 of them when I opened the gift.

[Susan]

Hope you're having a wonderful Christmas Day! Are you getting snow? My sister in NC (Asheville area) has about 4 inches on the ground and more coming. We live in Canada and the temp is above freezing today! Go figure!

[Tammy]

Merry Christmas!!!

[karla]

What a blessing to have such a wonderful Christmas Eve tradition Deb. Hope your Christmas overflowed with the joy of the Lord.

[Islandsparrow]

Hope you had a blessed, joy-filled Christmas celebration!!

[Dorothy]

Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this hymn that is new to me no more! Thanks for sharing! Hope you had a Merry Christmas. We woke this morning to 14+ inches of snow after snowing from 4:30pm on Christmas Day to the early morning hours of today. It is beautiful outside! Happy New Year!

[vicki Boster]

Deb and family-
How I wish I could be there to see this family presentation of music and faith. You have the most talented and amazing family! Such a beautiful song - I would love to hear it performed by your family! Thank you for the lovely card - I loved that you remembered me for this Christmas season.

I hope that this New Year brings many blessings to your wonderful family. You are all so very special to me.

Vicki