2024 Days of Christmas - Day 10 - In the Bleak Midwinter

Today may be my favorite day of this Christmas season so far - I don’t have any place I’m expected to be, no event that needs to be planned and nothing that needs to be done in preparation for worship tomorrow morning. I am going to spend the morning wrapping presents and enjoying the quiet while the rest of the family sleeps in.
I hope there is some quiet in your day today….
1 In the bleak midwinter
frosty wind made moan,
earth stood hard as iron,
water like a stone:
snow had fallen,
snow on snow, snow on snow,
in the bleak midwinter,
long ago.
2 Heaven cannot hold him,
nor earth sustain;
heaven and earth shall flee away
when he comes to reign:
in the bleak midwinter
a stable place sufficed
the Lord God Almighty,
Jesus Christ.
3 What can I give him,
poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd,
I would bring a lamb,
if I were a wise man
I would do my part,
yet what I can I give him,
give my heart.