Where Were You?

Sometimes Christmas is painful, not joyful. We are constantly told how perfect our lives should be. Yet we know they aren't. We have mistakes. We have regrets. We may even have the word crashing in on us. When I heard the following song by Matt Maher, I heard the eternal cry of the human heart to God: "Where were You?" Matt's answer (and the Bible's answer)?  "You were on the Cross!" 


Lost, everything is lost
And everything I've loved before is gone
Alone like the coming of the frost
And a cold winter's chill in my stony heart

And where were You when all that I've hoped for?
Where You when all that I've dreamed?
Came crashing down in shambles around me
You were on the cross

Pain, could you take away the pain?
If I find someone to blame, would it make my life seem easier?
Alone, all my friends are asleep
And I can't find anyone to stay awake with me

Where were You when sin stole my innocence?
Where were You when I was ashamed?
Hiding in a life, I wish, I never made

You were on the cross, my God, my God, all along, all along
You were on the cross, You died for us, all along, all along
You were on the cross, victorious, all along, all along

You were there in all of my suffering
And You were there in doubt and in fear
I'm waiting on the dawn to reappear


Watch a video of the song


To God Alone Be the Glory.  Merry Christmas!