O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

The traditional hymn, "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" has never rang (rung?) truer for me than it is ringing this Advent season. I feel like every moment I am on the edge of my seat, waiting for Jesus to come. We sang a version of this at church tonight and it was so moving. Here are the timeless lyrics:

O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan's tyranny
From depths of Hell Thy people save
And give them victory o'er the grave
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, O come, Thou Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's height,
In ancient times did'st give the Law,
In cloud, and majesty and awe.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

Here is my (very loose) translation to said lyrics:

Please come, Jesus, "God with us",

Free us, because we are in captivity until you arrive.

We rejoice! You are coming.

Come Jesus, human like us,

Free your people from the wrath of Satan,

the cruel tortures of Hell,

and give us victory over death

We rejoice! You are coming.

Come Jesus, our sunrise,

Lift up our spirits and give us hope.

Death looms but you have power over it.

We rejoice! You are coming.

Come Jesus, ruler of the nations,

Bring us to Heaven, 

And end our pain and sadness.

We rejoice! You are coming.

[I don't remember this verse in the hymnal I used in my home church, but it's still nice.]

Come, mighty Jesus,

Come fulfill the law

You are majestic and awe-inspiring.

We rejoice! You are coming.

Seriously. Jesus is coming. I don't even necessarily mean the second coming, I mean HERE in our lives TODAY, he is penetrating our lives, encountering our souls when we least expect it. CRAZY. Sometimes you have to wait though. But waiting is exciting. I mean, it's Jesus. You can't not get excited.

God bless.