Blog Caroling~Heirlooms

It's Blog Caroling time again! Every year, Footnote Maven challenges genealogy bloggers to share a favorite Christmas Carol in a post and then add the link to hers. 
 This year as I think about what the season means to my family past and present, this song by Amy Grant keeps coming to my mind.

Lyrics

Up in the attic,
Down on my knees.
Lifetimes of boxes,
Timeless to me.

Letters and photographs,
Yellowed with years,
Some bringing laughter,
Some bringing tears.

Time never changes,
The memories, the faces
Of loved ones, who bring to me,
All that I come from,
And all that I live for,

And all that I'm going to be.
My precious family
Is more than an heirloom to me.
Wisemen and shepherds,

Down on their knees,
Bringing their treasures
To lay at his feet.
Who was this wonder,

Baby yet king?
Living and dying;
He gave life to me.
Time never changes,

The memory, the moment
His love first pierced through me,
Telling all that I came from,
And all that I live for,

And all that I'm going to be.
My precious savior
Is more than an heirloom to me.
My precious Jesus

Is more than an heirloom to me.

As we remember those who have gone before us and celebrate with loved ones, let us pause and take the time to remember Him whose birth we honor, and the gift of love will bring us all together again.

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