Come to awaken
In the dawning light
Come Spirit to dwell
With deeper insight
Come to contemplate
And celebrate
The gift of wonder
Of His birth so great!
The gift of love
Come to our hope
Of binding divine
Beyond human scope
Source of our joy
Come wisdom revealing
He is God with us
Our comfort and healing
Through His sacrifice
His grace is the key
Come know the way
To eternity
With great rejoicing
To all the world
Oh come, oh come
Emmanuel!
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
Gift of God with us
Word of the repeating
When in need of trust
When things don’t go my way
And I complain and fuss
Turn unto the cross
And know that God’s with us
When sin overwhelms
I stumble and I fell
In need of mercy great
Turn to Emmanuel
When grace this soul receives
May this joyful heart tell
The goodness of our God
Our great Emmanuel
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
How lovely is thy name
Our hope for all eternity
Which all souls can lay claim
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
How sweet the sound that brings
God with us, God with us
To us means everything
Jesus, Jesus, one who saves
Us from all our sin
When accepting You
Our new life to begin
Jesus, Jesus, God with us
Glory be thy name
From valley low and mountain high
Your name to proclaim
The whole town was buzzing
As soon as I awoke
“Our Savior born this day”
Were crazy words they spoke
I’ve got plans today
I guess that I’ll go see
Stop for a few minutes
Is something there for me
The child lay before me
Transfixed within my gaze
Something of His presence
Stirred my soul, amazed
A question now before me
Will I dwell and pray
A movement of transforming
Or go on my way
DarylMadden 