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“God With Us” – A Christmas Song

December 25, 2015 by Adriel Leave a Comment

Late 2014, I had an overwhelming desire to write a Christmas song. It’s interesting how you go into a composition in one regard not knowing what the end result will look like. On the other hand, there are also expectations you have and more times than not, it turns out being so different than you had imagined. This song was a combination of the two and began from the simple thought of Jesus as a baby and those little hands and feet one day having nails being driven through them. It was a painful picture that was painted in my mind when I thought of it, but I also realized that is the reality.

And so from that thought, other parallels began emerging until finally there was a completed song. It’s a Christmas song that is not jolly or happy, but rather thoughtful and poignant, but also has that element of hope in it because of who Jesus was/is and what He would accomplish in coming to our world as a fragile infant.

We think of babies being innocent, and in a sense, they are. They haven’t known the pain or depth of sinfulness that is in this world, but we also know from scripture that they are “sinful at birth” (Ps. 51:5). But here was Jesus Christ, who was in every sense of the word, innocent. No sin or deceit was found in Him. I think it’s a mercy Mary didn’t know what would happen to her Son in the end. I can’t imagine being a mother holding my sweet baby and thinking about what their tiny, delicate body would endure as an adult as the Savior of the world.

But as believers, we have that aspect of knowing Who Christ the Lord was as a baby and what that meant for Him in later in His life. The celebration of Christ’s birth is very, very special, but it’s just the beginning of the story of our Savior’s life here on earth. Jesus was born to die, but His death would mean our freedom and liberty from sin and eternal life everlasting with the Father. What a miracle!

Rejoicing in the Lord!
Adriel

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Gifts for You!

December 24, 2014 by Adriel 2 Comments

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Merry Christmas! Did you know that I’ve got a couple of gifts here with your name on them? Let’s see what we’ve got here…

…It’s a song I sat down and recorded yesterday…no frills or anything. The idea for this song has been rolling around in my head for the past few weeks and it’s finally out and in order. Boy, my head feels better now! ;-)

“God With Us”

1. The Savior of the world came down to this earth

As a helpless little baby, clothed in humility

With tiny little hands and tiny little feet

It hurts my heart to know they’d be pierced through for my iniquity

(chorus)

Emmanuel, Emmanuel

God with us

You are God with us

 

2. The pure and spotless Lamb as a fragile child

The soft head that was cradled would one day wear a crown of thorns

The King above all kings wrapped in humanity

Wrapped in swaddling clothes, and later wrapped and buried in a tomb

(bridge)

Hosanna! In the highest!

Hallelujah to the Holy One

Hosanna! In the highest!

Hallelujah to Emmanuel, Emmanuel

God with us, God with us

 

Words and Music by Adriel Hong © 2014 Adriel Hong Music

 

And what else do we have here…let’s see…

Oh look! It’s the fam (minus the two littles) singing “Silent Night” together. In our defense, we didn’t get to practice this a lot. We will need to practice more for next year.

And that is the last of the gifts from me. But don’t forget the most precious Gift in all of history! Our Saviour, Jesus Christ! And He offers the free gift of salvation through His sacrifice on the cross all year, every day, every hour, every moment! Our eternal destiny was changed by the Gift of a tiny baby…Christ, the everlasting Lord.

Christ came that we would all have life and have it abundantly!

Have a wonderful Christmas and take time to ponder the miracle of God coming in the flesh as a little infant, growing into a man to suffer and die in our place, taking upon Himself the wrath and punishment we deserved, rising from the dead, alive forever and living in those who have repented and put their faith and trust in Christ. He is indeed, God with us! It’s pretty amazing!

 

Looking on this time of year with wonder,

Adriel

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I'm Adriel Hong and I am a child of God and believer in Jesus Christ. I'm also a wife, a homeschool mom, and a Christian singer/songwriter.

I'd like to welcome you to my music notes, a little corner of cyberspace where I share my songwriting journey, which includes free music, stories behind the songs, personal testimonies, music videos, and my musings. I pray that God would bless you and encourage you through this site and the songs that I am privileged to write down for Him. Check out my blog posts, listen to music, watch a video, or just poke around to make your own discoveries! Thanks for visiting and have a very blessed day! =)

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