2020 - Christmas Music of the Day #19 - Away in a Manger, Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
I will often have people ask me how I just seem to be so calm, so cool, so collected.
It does appear that way, doesn't it? Trust me...I have my moments.
But the things I have been posting this month and all of last month are the ways I maintain my focus on the things that really matter and walk away from the things that don't.
This particular arrangement of "Away in a Manger" made me stop what I was doing and hone in on the message. It is one of the tender and gentle versions I've heard.
Through song and scripture I have somewhat of a visual of what it may have looked like on that Christmas Eve of long ago. I think of young Mary, likely a teenage girl according to custom, as she was bring baby Jesus into the world. What a tremendous responsibility that was placed on her shoulders.
I think of Joseph, and the supportive role he played in raising this baby boy. We only know a little about him, but we know that he did not turn Mary away and disgrace her. What a tremendous responsibility that was placed on his shoulders.
This tender melody brings me into those moments of so long ago.
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