Because He is:

Woman without her man is nothing-- With no punctuation, so does it mean: Woman without her man-- is nothing! Or should it be: Woman, without her--man is nothing.

Words. Punctuation. It is so important to communicate your thoughts, and intentions. Without punctuation much becomes muddled and lost.

Words by Jan Lazo-Davis: Because He is We can be--

The words and lyrics of the old carol 'O Holy Night' were written by Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure in 1847. He then realized that it should have music to accompany the words and his friend Adolphe Charles Adams(1803-1856)wrote the music.

O Holy Night!

O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, the night when Christ was born;
O night, O Holy Night , O night divine!
O night, O Holy Night , O night divine!

Led by the light of faith serenely beaming,
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand.
O'er the world a star is sweetly gleaming,
Now come the wisemen from out of the Orient land.
The King of kings lay thus lowly manger;
In all our trials born to be our friends.
He knows our need, our weakness is no stranger,
Behold your King! Before him lowly bend!
Behold your King! Before him lowly bend!

Truly He taught us to love one another,
His law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains he shall break, for the slave is our brother.
And in his name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
With all our hearts we praise His holy name.
Christ is the Lord! Then ever, ever praise we,
His power and glory ever more proclaim!
His power and glory ever more proclaim!

We have heard fellow Christians denounce 'Christmas carols' because they oppose 'observing times and seasons' as it were. No where are we told to observe his birth, only his death. So the reasoning goes, but wait...

Many of these songs are just that, songs, and they teach--often--wonderful things. I don't know why we only sing them once a year...we need to ponder and sing them more often. They aren't necessarily just 'Christmas' songs.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2) He was in the beginning with God.

John 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5) The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

"Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,"

Before Christ the world lay in sin, but when Jesus came --the spirit, the soul--felt it's worth! And even though the wisemen did not come to the manger itself, but to the babe in an actual house...the feeling still reigns that they--the wise men, and we as well--can still come to the savior. We can come to the King of Kings, the all holy and powerful.

Truly He taught us to love one another,
His law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains he shall break, for the slave is our brother.

Romans 6:20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21) But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22) But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Slaves! We were ALL slaves; servants of unrighteousness. Now we are slaves and servants of God! Before we were reaping the benefits of ungodliness, of sin and wickedness. Now, after becoming children of light... our wages are sanctification and eternal life!

John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Truly, Because He is, we can be! Hallelujah! ~"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! ~