Salvation Song

"Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!"

[2 Cor 9:15]

The song of the adopted, redeemed of God: thanks be! Sometimes that's all I can utter. To God, at times, that's quite enough.

Let's chime it in with the Christmas Caroles: Thanks be. A simple salvation song; understated but eloquent. Impious but reverent.

As Moses sang celebrating God's deliverance, we must, too, sing.

"The LORD is my strength and my song;

he has become my salvation.

He is my God, and I will praise him,"

[Ex 15:2a]

God is most pleased with grateful worship. Create your own rendition. A signature carole to sing by filling in the blanks with your own personal experience; "Thanks be.........!"

Here's some inspiration to get you started - or not (it doesn't have to rhyme ~ lol).

Thanks be for God's Word through the prophets foretold

Thanks be to His faithfulness to His promises of old

Thanks be for the angels carrying messages from heaven

Thanks be to the blessed ministry of His Spirit given

Thanks be for His tender-care of a young servant mother

Thanks be for the righteous acts of a bewildered father

Thanks be for a stable for a newborn king to sleep

Thanks be for glory revealed to shepherds tending sheep

Thanks be for a star that brought worshippers to Jesus

Thanks be for His grace - the real gift of Christmas

Thanks be that He came as a servant and not a stern, tyrant king

Thanks be given our Lord and Savior that gladdens our hearts to sing

Before you light tonight's candle of advent, before you read the birth litany, before you tuck that last gift under the tree or stuff another stocking, stop and give thanks to our merciful and gracious God for the most lavish, incomprehensible, magnificent of all gifts ~ Himself.

Father; accept our simple thanks as our salvation song. Thanks for coming, for serving, for suffering, for dying, for bringing us new life. Thank you for the great joy in celebrating You. May You receive all honor in our praise.

Art: "Adoration of the Magi" by Giotto