I Wonder as I Wander

I Wonder as I Wander—Appalachian Carol   

I wonder as I wander out under the sky

How Jesus the Savior did come for to die

For poor on'ry people like you and like I;

I wonder as I wander out under the sky

When Mary birthed Jesus 'twas in a cow's stall

With wise men and farmers and shepherds and all

But high from God's heaven, a star's light did fall

And the promise of ages it then did recall.

If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing

A star in the sky or a bird on the wing

Or all of God's Angels in heaven to sing

He surely could have it, 'cause he was the King

I wonder as I wander out under the sky

How Jesus the Saviour did come for to die

For poor on'ry people like you and like I;

I wonder as I wander out under the sky

            This folk song is one of the most profound of the many Christmas songs of the last two centuries.  Surely when one glooks up into the winter sky God’s wonderful miracle sky makes me wonder “How Jesus the Savior did come forth to die” for a poor lost sinner like me.  I was born on an eighty acre farm in Kansas and I am a nothing and a nobody of nobodies.

             I am a Kansas farmer so I understand what it meant for Jesus to be born in a stable among poor simple farmers who were nobodies just like me. That is more of a miracle than we can imagine since we know that  If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing  like a star in the sky or a bird on the wing, He surely could have had it because He was most definitely the King of Kings.  

Prayer for the Day   

Dear wonderful and kind Jesus, I come to you this morning as I prepare to post these thoughts and this wonderful song with a grateful heart.  I confess to You that as I start this day that I do not know how to go out and come in before You.  Please help me to understand more and more about you and why You loved me so much.  Certainly w was an awful sinner and you loved me in spite of my rebellion against you.  Help me to let my light so shine before men and women today that they may see my good works and glorify you lord today.  This I am praying in your loving, forgiving and powerful name.  Amen