“I Celebrate The Day” by Relient K
I should be grading/writing/reading/sleeping/etc. right now, but I thought I would post this quick because I think it is an amazing song and a great addition to the season of Advent (and I haven’t posted in a while… as per usual).
For a group of guys who wrote some crazy and bizarre songs, they sure know how to write some amazing theology that can make me cry. They are very similar to Five Iron Frenzy in this way I think, especially as compared to the song On Distant Shores, one of my personal favorites. Ponder these words as you enjoy your season of Advent. (Emphasis mine.)
I Celebrate The Day by Relient K
And with this Christmas wish is missed
The point I could convey
If only I could find the words to say to let You know how much You’ve touched my life
Because here is where You’re finding me, in the exact same place as New Year’s eve
And from a lack of my persistency
We’re less than half as close as I want to beAnd the first time
That You opened Your eyes did You realize that You would be my Savior
And the first breath that left Your lips
Did You know that it would change this world foreverAnd so this Christmas I’ll compare the things I felt in prior years
To what this midnight made so clear
That You have come to meet me hereTo look back and think that
This baby would one day save me
In the hope that what You did
That you were born so I might live
To look back and think that
This baby would one day save meAnd I, I celebrate the day
That You were born to die
So I could one day pray for You to save my life
Beautiful song! Thanks for sharing it.
I couldn’t stand them for a while but they’ve really matured a lot the last, well, year and now have some decent music. Which is good. And makes me old, I think.
offtopic
I waved when I drove past the SPU exit this weekend. I’m sure you noticed and just didn’t want to say anything.
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Right. Except the entire concept of the crucifixion makes abosolutely no logical sense whatsoever.
Your god “has a son”, then sacrifices him (I think the romans did the sacrificing, but hey, wherever you want to place the “hand of god”) in just about the most brutal way possible-all so OUR sins (a bit ego centric there) would be “forgiven”.
Why just just forgive the sins and avoid the horror show? Who was god trying to impress, himself?
Jesus is dead. Move the [delete] on.
@ Kristin: I thought that was you!
@ Anon: “Right. Except the entire concept of the crucifixion makes abosolutely no logical sense whatsoever.” Crucifixion was a (relatively) common death penalty. I don’t really know what you mean by it being logical; it was a punishment.
“Your god ďż˝has a sonďż˝, then sacrifices him (I think the romans did the sacrificing, but hey, wherever you want to place the ďż˝hand of godďż˝) in just about the most brutal way possibleďż˝all so OUR sins (a bit ego centric there) would be ďż˝forgivenďż˝.” God was ego centric or we are ego centric? I’m not really sure what your point is here. God died for us: not very ego centric. We, in turn, give our lives back to God; again, not very ego centric.
“Why just just forgive the sins and avoid the horror show? Who was god trying to impress, himself?” Because God is a just God. Justice must be served, but instead of giving us what we deserve, he came to take the punishment for us.
I have never heard this song before, but it sounds like a very uplifting tune. There’s a few stanzas that really touched me. The one pertaining to how one woke up and it finally hit him/her that he is the real savior, then going on about how this Christmas will be compared to prior years: That’s personal to my own life because it was literally around Christmas some years ago that this total realization hit me. I am by no means ultra-religious, but I have a personal relationship with him *points up* and it has helped me in many facets of my life. I know for a fact that I would never be able to repay for the joy and happiness he has brought myself and those in my inner circle, but I continue to be the best person I can be not only to myself, but to those around me who have the same belief structure. As it was said in 1st Thessalonians 5:18: For everything give thanks to the Lord. I do…every day.