The song starts off with a drunk man recalling memories of a relationship that started at Christmas and then goes on like a conversation between two lovers. The last part of the song goes like this. The woman says 'You took my dreams from me, When I first found you'. Then the man replies 'I kept them with me babe, I put them with my own, Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you'. Beautiful. Romantic. Comedy. That's why this song is an all time favorite.
But I like this song for a different reason. These last lines remind of God every time I hear the song. Because many times, like the woman in the song, I complain, "God, you took my dreams from me, things I had always wanted to have, the things I have always wanted to see and do, the places I wanted to go, the people I would have liked to be part of my life, the way I had wanted life to turn out. My hopes and dreams. You took them from me". And then, a voice inside seems to tell me, No son, I kept them with me, I put them with my own and my dreams for you are higher than yours. What a promise. I like fairy tales and I like happy endings, I don't know how my story would go but I do know how it will end, because I know, the author. He's written yours as well, and it starts with the Christmas story.
Merry Christmas my dear readers!
Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV
