Comfort and Joy

So I was driving in to pick Keith up from work tonight so we could have a date and I didn't want to turn on the radio, so I was singing Christmas carols.  It's pretty amazing how many there are and how many verses of each one you can actually remember if you just start singing.

After I had done all the usuals, I started "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen."  I don't know why but I had the wrong picture in my head for that one.  I saw jolly robust men with beer steins in their hands.  There must be an illustration somewhere that gave me that impression or something.  Anyway, as I sang the words, they really touched me.  I sang the first verse 3 times, stopping and thinking about it each time.  It goes like this:

God rest ye merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
For Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
Was born on Christmas day:
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.

Those are very powerful lyrics to me.  They say  rest from your cares.  Don't let anything trouble you right now, because the Savior is here.  He's come to save us from the devil--not too many Christmas songs mention Satan, but in fact, that is why Jesus came--because we all sin.  I like that it says,"when we go astray,"  not if--we all do, it's just a matter of time.  Then the chorus--Comfort and Joy.  There's the 2 things I need most.

It's a good Christmas carol and I've never really given it a chance before.  I've just sang it and thought about men getting merry.