Rejoice in His Name

Christmas comes with quieter nights,

When sorrow walks beside my bed,

And time feels folded in on itself

Five minutes past, yet years ahead.

My tears have been my food at night

My chest tight with unspoken cries,

I’ve wandered valleys dark with fear,

Where shadows stretch before my eyes.

Yet even there, You are my God

My refuge and my hiding place,

My Rock when ground beneath me shakes,

my shelter wrapped in steadfast grace.

Your name, a strong tower I run into,

A fortress built of mercy sure.

Born in a world that did not know Him,

Laid low in weakness, clothed in light,the Shepherd -

Came to seek the lost,

To guard my soul through longest nights.

He restores my soul when I am spent,

Leads me to still and quiet streams,

Anoints my head with healing oil,

Meets me gently in broken dreams.

I grieve what once felt meant to stay,

I wish the past would find me still,

Yet God has shown me deeper love

A hope that bends me to His will.

Your mercy follows all my days,

Your goodness will not let me go.

When fear surrounds me like a flood,

Your wings remind my heart to know—

I will not die, but live

And sing of all the works Your hands have done.

You are my lamp, my guiding light,

My rising hope, my morning sun.

Who am I that You are mindful still?

Yet You have numbered every tear.

You bore my sin, You bore my shame,

So I could stand, so I could be here.

Your name has held me back from death,

kept watch when night felt far too long.

You are the reason I rise again,

the strength beneath my waking song.

So this Christmas I lift my eyes.

I will not cry myself to sleep.

I will rejoice - You reign,

You live, my soul is Yours, my life You keep.

Goodness and mercy will follow me where’er I roam.

My stronghold.My Redeemer.

I will dwell within the house of the Lord

Forever and Ever. Amen.