Sermon Details
- Pastor Name: Jonathan Cornell
- Date & Time: December 22, 2013 | 10:00am
There are times when life is so good that you can’t help but sing about it. And that really is why we have such wonderful music at Christmas. Do you have a favorite carol? Is there a certain song or collection of music, holiday or otherwise, that stands in your life like a monument?
In the summer of 2003, I was living in Minnesota with a dear friend and roommate from college named Alec. And during that particular summer, there were a collection of songs that came to become sort of the soundtrack of our friendship. So, to seal that in our lives as a monument for our friendship, I compiled all of those songs onto a CD which will forever live in infamy as the Freedom Mix. Not because we were both painfully single at the time, but because much of it was made up of country music and other patriotic songs.
For the last 10 years, the Freedom Mix has gone with me on every journey I’ve made. That CD became a sort of symbol of a treasured relationship. So much so that whenever either of us is listening to the Freedom Mix, we call and let the other one know. Whenever I hear the songs of that CD, my heart lifts. It magnifies God, because it reminds me of the faithfulness of God in giving me such an amazing friend.
The verses we just read are perhaps some of the most breathtaking and important words of poetry and praise ever penned, and they came from the mother of our Lord.
Download the entire transcript: Luke 1 46-56 Mixed Tape
