A Special Brand-New Sun

Okay, I realize the celebration of Christmas is officially over, but I haven’t stopped singing my two Christmas songs around the house. This song is one of them. I didn’t have a recording before, but I do now and wanted to share it with you. One that I hope captures the beauty and meaning of the lyrics.

I’ve always found the Christmas star to be fascinating. I’ve seen and heard a number of explanations about who the “wise men” were, where they came from, and the nature of the star they followed. They weren’t the only ones. The shepherds in the field also followed the star after the angels appeared to them and told them how to find newborn baby Jesus.

I prefer to think of the star as simply a God-created phenomenon. Just as the miraculous conception and birth of Jesus. As God’s Son, He became a special Sun for us.

Here are the lyrics…

Long years ago He made a wondrous star to shine
On a world so lost in death and darkness,
Yet still it leads to a manger bed of hope.
Yet still it leads to a manger bed of hope.

The Lord is so merciful and tender.
He made His precious Only Son to rise and shine
On a world lost in death and darkness
And guide our footsteps in His path of peace.
And guide our footsteps in His path of peace.

The Lord is so loving and so caring,
He sent His Only Son to die so we can live.
He leads us through the darkest of our valleys
And points the way to the light at Heaven’s gates.
He points the way to the light at Heaven’s gates.

You may listen here. The PDF of the lead sheet has been updated to include all three stanzas. Find it here.

So, let me wish you a belated Merry Christmas and a New Year that’s even better than last year.

By the way, I’m also the author of twenty-four Christian novels, which are depicted on the graphic below. The Angel on the Hill is the newest one, and the QR code will take you to my Amazon Author page.

Blessed regards,

Roger

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About Roger E. Bruner

Seventy-seven-year-old Roger E. Bruner is the author and publisher of twenty-two Christian novels and the writer of more than two hundred Christian songs and choruses, a handful of musical dramas, and a number of shorter works. He sings, plays guitar and bass, and records many of his original songs in his home studio. He is active in his church's nursing home ministry He also plays bass guitar on the church praise team. Married for twenty years to Kathleen, he has one grown daughter. Kathleen has two. young sons. Roger enjoys reading, walking, photography and book cover design (he's done all of his own except for Rosa No-Name), playing Snood and Solitaire, and complaining about the state of the nation while continuing to pray for it.

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