Come, Oh Redeemer Come (How to Carry Advent into the New Year)

Dear friends,

Christmas is over, but of course we should carry Advent (the coming of Jesus) in our hearts all year long! 

We learned a new song this year that has really touched me, so I would like to share it with you.   It is a very sweet and reverent prayer that echoes in my heart.





"Come, Oh Redeemer Come"
Words and Music by Fernando Ortega

Father enthroned on high, Holy, holy

Ancient, eternal Light, Hear our prayer.
     Come, oh Redeemer, come, Grant us mercy.
     Come, oh redeemer, come, Grant us peace.

Lord, save us from the dark of our striving,
Faithless and troubled hearts, weighed down.
     Come, oh Redeemer, come, Grant us mercy.

     Come, oh redeemer, come, Grant us peace.

Look now upon our need, Lord be with us.
Heal us and make us free from our sin.
     Come, oh Redeemer, come, Grant us mercy.

     Come, oh redeemer, come, Grant us peace.

1996 Metro Music
 
Josh Bales, the worship leader at Lake Baldwin Church, recorded it for us to listen and learn since we sang it as a congregation for a few weeks during Advent.  I downloaded it to my iPod and taught it to my children.  What a blessing to hear one of my daughter's pick it out by ear on the piano, too.



Click to listen or download Josh Bales's rendition.
 
Blessings,
Virginia Knowles

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