Tidings of Comfort and Joy

Question: Can you name the source of this quote? 

“Tidings of Comfort and Joy”

Hint: It's a Christmas carol.

That was the inspiration for my latest phone wallpaper design above. (Feel free to tap it and download for personal use.) I don’t know about you, but if I keep the same picture on the background of my phone for too long, I soon don’t notice it anymore. And since that is something I see throughout the day, it’s a great place to put what I want to be reminded of.

Have you figured out the name of the Christmas carol yet?! Answer: “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen”

I have heard the old English of that title explained as follows:

Rest = Keep

Merry = Mighty

And don’t forget to put the comma in the correct place! This is not talking about rollicking men in top-hats, despite all the illustrations and musical arrangements to the contrary. 

Thus all mankind is being told, “God keep you mighty! Let nothing you dismay!” 

And why? What could give that sense of wellbeing? Read on!

God rest ye merry, gentlemen,

Let nothing you dismay;

Remember Christ our Savior

Was born on Christmas Day

To save us all from Satan's pow'r

When we were gone astray;

Oh tidings of comfort and joy

Comfort and joy

Oh tidings of comfort and joy!

Find the rest of the carol's verses for more of the story of the one true Source of comfort and joy. And...

Have a Mighty Christmas! 

~ Hannah

(Photos taken today, on a frosty Christmas Eve)