and they sang the song of

I don't get anything out of Christmas carols, usually, which is probably a problem. Maybe it's the fact that they're all you hear from Thanksgiving onward on TV and on every radio station. Maybe it's the secular familiarity, in advertisements, classrooms, and malls -- played without intention or meaning. Maybe it's the fact that they existed in my mind before I even knew what's what.

Today was a bit different. Maybe it was hearing them sung live in a sanctuary. Maybe it was their following other songs whose purpose was worship. Maybe it was because I now know what's what. Had to keep reminding myself that the presence is always there for the drawing near, familiarity breeding apathy or not.