Take Some Time...My Christmas Song

Music, like bread is to be shared.

This time of year is so busy for all of us.  Even when we chose to keep it simple we still can feel the pressure of the crush to get things done all around us.  As I was thinking about that this week I decided to share the verses of a song that I was given to write back in the mid 1987s.  Even today I find it is a good reminder of where my heart needs to be no matter what is swirling around me.  Though this song was written nearly thirty years ago (wow has it been that long really!?!), the message of Christmas is forever timeless and it seems no matter what decade we are in, our distraction from the importance of what we are really celebrating is always there haunting us.

As  songwriter this one song was such a gift to me.  It was written in a flurry, like it dropped from the sky, one afternoon right onto the page as I sat with my guitar in my living room.  That rarely ever happens...that is why I consider it a gift.  So I pass this gift on to you with hopes you will have a blessed and very Merry Christmas.

TAKE SOME TIME
Words and music by Patricia N. Hicks 11-23-1987

The holiday season is upon us once again
With all of its holiday cheer
Brightly wrapped packages, lights on our houses
Gathering with those we love so dear

There’s all of the shopping, and all the decorating
To create such a special atmosphere
But sometimes in the hustle and all of the tinsel
We find that we’ve forgotten Him

(chorus)
So take some time to center upon Him
The Son of God, the King, the Savior of all men
The child born that night in little Bethlehem
Take some time, take some time

For some folks it’s the turkey, or ham with the trimmings
With others it’s the cookies and the fudge
For some its old Saint Nicholas, sliding down the chimney
Or hunting down a Christmas tree to cut

So many traditions and special memories
Are wrapped up in this season of love
But sometimes in their making we wind up forsaking
The one we’re celebrating

(Chorus)
So take some time to center upon Him
The Son of God, the King, the Savior of all men
The child born that night in little Bethlehem
Take some time, take some time…just for Him

My prayer and hope is that you may find the blessing of Christ in your heart and home this Christmas season.

~Patty~


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