Songs of Incarnation

There is a truth
that is sung in our hearing
but not often heard
that the promises of God
are still sung today
still given life
in the songs of the people

Faint echoes sometimes
loud protests at others
but each song of longing
no matter how it is sung
fills the world with truth
and those who have ears to hear
hear

So let us sing these songs
ancient, from a time gone before us
and new, towards a time yet before us
for they wrap up in a hope
that the world cannot understand
that holds us through all things
and whispers
the child is on the way
the child is on the way