Outside a little China town

This Christmas season I am observing, noticing and appreciating it seems more than ever before. So many little "God winks." I was jamming out to my Third Day Christmas CD this morning doing everything possible to procrastinate writing a final essay (somebody got a poop diap., throw it my way) and had to check the story behind the following song. It is written by a member of the band Christmas 2006 before he and his wife went to China to adopt a little girl the following year. Take a look.

"There's a little girl trembling on a cold December morn
Crying for momma's arms
At an orphanage just outside a little China town
Where the forgotten are

But half a world away I hang the stockings by the fire
And dream about the day when I can finally call you mine

It's Christmas time again but you're not home
Your family is here and yet you're somewhere else alone
And so tonight I pray that God will come and hold you in his arms
And tell you from my heart
I wish you Merry Christmas

As I hang the tinsel on the tree and watch the twinkling lights
I'm warmed by the fire's glow
Outside the children tumble in a wonderland of white,
And make angels in the snow

But half a world away you try your best to fight the tears
And hope that heaven's angels come to carry you here

Christmas is a time to celebrate the Holy Child
And we celebrate his perfect gift of love
He came to earth to give his lifeAnd prepare a place for us
So we could have a home with him above

It's Christmas time again and now you're home
Your family is here so you will never be alone
So tonight before you go to sleep, I'll hold you in my arms
And I'll tell you from my heart,
and I'll you from my heart
I wish you Merry Christmas"
-Brad Avery, Third Day