The Best Christmas Lyrics

As a worship leader, the Christmas season is incredibly difficult to choose music for. It's tough for me to connect with God when I lead traditional carols, where we sing lines such as "Sleep in Heavenly Peace" or "the cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakes."

I realize it's part of the telling of the story-I really do. It's just hard to worship to it. And that's probably just my view, but I find it tough. Do I sing about how clear it was at midnight, do I sing a song about the wise men, do I focus on how quiet the night was?

It's hard to connect the dots sometimes from a newborn baby to His perfect life and ultimate destiny. It's hard to find a song that reminds us of the importance of the incarnation of God.

But I'd love to hear from you about your favorite Christmas lyics (about Jesus please!). Bob, this probably isn't the time to post "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"' lyrics, no matter how awesomely deep that guy's voice is (Thurle Ravenscroft is his name-FYI).

Here's my favorite lyric. This is the only verse from a Christmas song that I've heard sung and actually been moved in my heart of the greatness of the incarnation of Christ. It's the third verse of "O Holy Night."

"Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love, and His gospel is peace
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we
Let all within us praise His holy name
Christ is the Lord, O praise His name forever
His pow'r and glory evermore proclaim
His pow'r and glory evermore proclaim."

Just a good reminder during this crazy season. He came for this and so much more.