What do lights have to do
With the sorrow we feel
Another year passed
With new wounds to heal
How does a tree
Green though it be
Brings peace to my mind
When regrets search for me – and find
The tune of sweet carols
Bring a moment of delight
That fades in the silence
When future comes to fright
The gift perfectly bought
Seems to satisfy nought
Though for a moment it touches
A deeper longing – it nudges
The comfort of Christmas
Not found in these things
Because the world tomorrow
Terror it brings
Our world it is broken
We dare not deny
No pageant, no party
Can this rectify
The comfort of Christmas
Is the Cure of the cause
Our regrets all forgotten
The record of broken laws
Our longing for light
Is an aching for sight
Our love of green trees
From death, something that frees
Our delight in the songs
The soul for harmony longs
Our gifts that we sought
Longing for what cannot be bought
Joy! Delight!
Comfort now…
All of our longings in Him
May be found
Like light that warmly shines
He shows us what is real
The God that has made us
That in the silence we feel
Like a tree that is cut
Yet whose color is unfaded
He stands with eternal life
For all in Him shaded
Like music that soars
He has ascended above
With sacrifice perfect
To make many one
He purchased the gift
We could not afford
By falling for us
Under his own divine sword
The comfort of Christmas
Is ultimately this
The wooing of rebels
With a heavenly kiss
The comfort of Christmas
Is the message of peace
Because our striving against God
Can eternally cease
The comfort of Christmas
Divine come from above
To mend what is broken
With eternal, sacrificial love
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