MercyMe is the BEST Christian band, and they have an amazing Christmas album that I love to overplay every year. One of the songs on “The Christmas Sessions” is called “Joseph’s Lullaby” and it goes like this:

Go to sleep my Son
This manger for your bed
You have a long road before You
Rest Your little head

Can You feel the weight of Your glory?
Do You understand the price?
Does the Father guard Your heart for now
So You can sleep tonight?

Go to sleep my Son
Go and chase Your dreams
This world can wait for one more moment
Go and sleep in peace

I believe the glory of Heaven
Is lying in my arms tonight
Lord, I ask that He for just this moment
Simply be my child

Go to sleep my Son
Baby, close Your eyes
Soon enough You’ll save the day
But for now, dear Child of mine
Oh my Jesus, Sleep tight

Lovely, right? It makes me cry every single time I hear it…and it gets me thinking. Despite all the stress and sleeplessness, the hormones and the short fuses, having a baby around the time of Jesus’ birth brings new meaning to everything.

When I look at Ella, and she’s sleeping in my arms, I am reminded that I am her protector and her champion. No matter where she goes in life and what she does, I will always be her Mom. Christ’s future death must have been such an immense weight on Joseph and Mary…knowing that they would eventually lose their son and knowing they couldn’t do anything to save Him.

It is not lost on me that Vann and I are so blessed that our girls are healthy and beloved by our God. The fact that he entrusted me to be a mother again is a mystery to me. I am consistently a maker of bad decisions, yet God somehow expects more of me…so I guess I’d better step it up, right?

Just something to remember as life goes on, husbands go back to work, and I am left to take charge of this thing called motherhood…no matter how complicated it gets or how tired I am, these two little girls depend on me to watch over them.

To listen to the song, click here…