We need to sing to our soul: O children come! Come with your troubles. Come with your fears. Come with your bitterness. Come and experience the grace, kindness, and rest that Jesus has ready for you!
Much of the time we spend Christmas remembering that Jesus came to Earth. So why would we sing a song that begins with us imploring Jesus to come? This hymn so evidently captures the reality that we live in: the already and the not yet…