Eternal Promise
All my life I have listened to and sang hymns, and other Christmas music during this holiday season. My first remembrance of performing was with my Brownie Troop at the Seattle Northgate Mall on a wooden Christmas Tree stage. Later it was in the Seattle 1st ward Young Women's chorus when we rehearsed over and over for performing Twas the Night before Christmas. I sang Carol's in Italian while on a mission in Rome. Mom always said, "No Christmas music before Thanksgiving", as if to sing or listen to it in advance was a commandment or sin. As adults, my sisters and I will tell on ourselves to one another when we break the rule. On a drive between home and the city of Spokane, I heard O Little Town of Bethlehem over the radio and seemingly for the first time, the lyrics resonated in my soul. Y et in the dark streets shineth The everlasting light The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight. For over 7000 years, even prior to the creation of Ad...
