FROZEN TEARS

Frozen tears fall from above

To the earth just like the rain

Soaking spheres of hopelessness

Under curse of death and pain

Every time I see a funeral procession or a graveside service in the rain, my immediate thought is that God Himself is crying right along with these brokenhearted people. And even when I am enjoying the beauty and awe of snow falling down to the earth from the sky, I sometimes think of it as tears from Heaven falling down upon this sad and broken world.

Frozen tears fall down like snow

Blowing round our shattered hearts

Lives of sorrow, sin and toil

In a world all come apart

When I began writing this song, it was full of the hopelessness of our sad situation. Then I decided that I wanted to write a ‘Christmas song’ for my next album. What better place to begin than with a song that seemed to be crying out for hope!

Frozen tears come down to us

Heaven bows to kiss the earth

When such love and sorrow meet

Born of God, a Savior’s birth

This song takes me to a place before there was even the notion of Christmas.  It takes me all the way back to an abandoned Garden of Eden. Can you imagine what Adam and Eve must have felt as they glanced back one last time to ‘paradise lost’? But they carried in their hearts one tiny seed of hope from God… the hope of a Savior, the promise of ‘paradise regained’.

Frozen tears upon His face

Child of Sorrows weep with us

Only Hope of all mankind

Come to die upon a cross

So why is there Christmas at all? Because God’s heart broke when ours did…and He knew that only He could make things right. He sent His Son, Jesus, into this broken-down, brokenhearted world to be our Savior. At just the right time. In just the right way.

In the dark before the dawn

In the cold before sunrise

In the winter of our souls

Frozen tears fall from the skies

Blessed Christmas to us all.