"Long lay the world in sin and error pining"
Earlier this month I referenced one of my favorite Christmas songs, which is filled with phrases that ring so deep it can almost hurt to take their truth fully in. I think the phrase above sets the stage so well. There is something about 'pining' that seems so accurate and so descriptive of our fallen state -- pining away...for what seems like forever. And, not just in sin, but in missing the point of so much in life; in other words, error.
"Til he appeared and the soul felt its worth"
Have you ever felt your worth? What if we could...truly know our worth? What would that be like? And, he came in order that we could know what he has made us to be. Without his coming, we would never know and would just 'pine' away.
"Let all within us praise His holy name"
