Friday, December 19, 2008

While You Were Sleeping




"While You Were Sleeping"

Oh little town of Bethlehem
Looks like another silent night
Above your deep and dreamless sleep
A giant star lights up the sky
And while you're lying in the dark
There shines an everlasting light
For the King has left His throne
And is sleeping in a manger tonight

Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
For God became a man
And stepped into your world today
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history
As a city with no room for its King
While you were sleeping
While you were sleeping

Oh little town of Jerusalem
Looks like another silent night
The Father gave His only Son
The Way, the Truth, the Life had come
But there was no room for Him in the world He came to save

Jerusalem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
The Savior of the world is dying on your cross today
Jerusalem, you will go down in history
As a city with no room for its King
While you were sleeping
While you were sleeping

United States of America
Looks like another silent night
As we're sung to sleep by philosophies
That save the trees and kill the children
And while we're lying in the dark
There's a shout heard 'cross the eastern sky
For the Bridegroom has returned
And has carried His bride away in the night

America, what will we miss while we are sleeping
Will Jesus come again
And leave us slumbering where we lay
America, will we go down in history
As a nation with no room for its King
Will we be sleeping
Will we be sleeping

United States of America
Looks like another silent night

4 comments:

ocean mommy said...

Oh boy do we LOVE this song....right now it's played OFTEN!!!

Have a good weekend, try to get some rest!

Hugs
steph

Greg P. said...

Great song. How true it is.

Many of us will not be gathered up by the Bridegroom because we'll neglect to join the most important special interest group on earth ..... believers.

Anonymous said...

SO POWERFUL!! Exactly what I needed to hear/see this morning.

Amanda said...

Hey,

I posted this last Sunday, but I didn't see yours. Man, God is wringing clear in the ears of his little prophet girls here in East TN.

Happy New Year...I sure don't want to be caught sleeping in 2009!!