{"id":262,"date":"2010-12-24T04:57:43","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T11:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithmile.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2010-12-19T15:06:44","modified_gmt":"2010-12-19T22:06:44","slug":"katrynas-caroltacular-christmas-countdown-december-24-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Katryna&#8217;s Caroltacular Christmas Countdown &#8211; December 24, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kPbV_HTpyx0[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Breath of Heaven &#8211; Amy Grant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this song, Mary is about to give birth and is contemplating her role in God&#8217;s greater story.  She is just a teenager, and while nine months ago she obediently said &#8220;be it unto me, Lord, according to your word&#8221;, and months later sang fervently with Elizabeth in a song of rejoicing over their coming children, in this song, she is hesitant.  This song is not in the Bible, but portrays Mary at the time that the enormity of her situation descends on her.  The question in her heart is &#8220;will I be ready?&#8221;  As we know now, she was.<\/p>\n<p>Lyrics courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsdomain.com\/1\/amy_grant\/breath_of_heaven_marys_song.html\">LyricsDomain<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>I have traveled<br \/>\nMany moonless night<br \/>\nCold and Weary<br \/>\nWith a babe inside<br \/>\nAnd I wonder<br \/>\nWhat I&#8217;ve done<br \/>\nHoly Father<br \/>\nYou have come<br \/>\nChosen me now<br \/>\nTo carry your son<\/p>\n<p>I am waiting<br \/>\nin a silent prayer<br \/>\nI am frightened<br \/>\nby the load I bear<br \/>\nIn a world as cold as stone<br \/>\nMust I walk this path alone<br \/>\nBe with me now<br \/>\nBe with me now<\/p>\n<p>Breath of Heaven<br \/>\nHold me together<br \/>\nBe forever near me<br \/>\nBreath of Heaven<\/p>\n<p>Breath of Heaven<br \/>\nLighten my darkness<br \/>\nPour over me your holiness<br \/>\nFor you&#8217;re holy Breath of Heaven<\/p>\n<p>Do you wonder<br \/>\nAs you watch my face<br \/>\nIf a wiser one, should of had my place<br \/>\nBut I offer-all I am<br \/>\nFor the mercy-of your plan<br \/>\nHelp me be strong<br \/>\nHelp me be<br \/>\nHelp me<\/p>\n<p>Breath of Heaven<br \/>\nHold me together<br \/>\nBe forever near me<br \/>\nBreath of Heaven<\/p>\n<p>Breath of Heaven<br \/>\nLighten my darkness<br \/>\nPour over me your holiness<br \/>\nFor you&#8217;re holy Breath of Heaven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kPbV_HTpyx0[\/youtube] Breath of Heaven &#8211; Amy Grant In this song, Mary is about to give birth and is contemplating her role in God&#8217;s greater story. She is just a teenager, and while nine months ago she obediently said &#8220;be it unto me, Lord, according to your word&#8221;, and months later sang fervently with Elizabeth in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-katrynas-caroltacular-christmas-countdown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263,"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithmile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}