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Labor of Love By Meredith Andrews

Labor of Love

Meredith Andrews - Receive Our King

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Key:
D
BPM:
70
Time Sig:
4/4
Length:
3:56
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I
Intro
V1
Verse 1
V2
Verse 2
C
Chorus
V3
Verse 3
V4
Verse 4
C
Chorus
C
Chorus
Tg
Tag
E
Ending

Song Info

Themes:
Jesus Love Advent
Genres:
Christmas Female Lead
Label:
Word Entertainment LLC, A Curb Company
Writers:
Andrew Peterson
Publishers:
Capitol CMG Publishing
Year:
2017
mtID:
Unique ID for Master
8779
mtpID:
Unique ID for Song
11485

Lyrics

Verse 1

It was not a silent night
There was blood on the ground
You could hear a woman cry
In the alleyways that night
On the streets of David's town

Verse 2

And the stable was not clean
And the cobblestones were cold
And little Mary full of grace
With the tears upon her face
Had no mother's hand to hold

Chorus

It was a labor of pain
It was a cold sky above
But for the girl on the ground in the dark
With every beat of her beautiful heart
It was a labor of love

Verse 3

Noble Joseph at her side
Callused hands and weary eyes
There were no midwives to be found
On the streets of David's town
In the middle of the night

Verse 4

So he held her and he prayed
Shafts of moonlight on his face
For the baby in her womb
He was the Maker of the moon
He was the Author of the faith
That could make the mountains move

Chorus

It was a labor of pain
It was a cold sky above
But for the girl on the ground in the dark
With every beat of her beautiful heart
It was a labor of love

Tag

Little Mary full of grace
With the tears upon her face
It was a labor of love

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New Christmas MultiTracks from Meredith Andrews Now Available!

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Today we are excited to announce the beginning of a new partnership with Word Worship starting with the release of multi-Dove award winner Meredith Andrews' new Christmas album, Receive Our King.  This album was produced by Meredith's husband Jacob Sooter and is full of well-known traditional Christmas songs along with several new original tunes.  "Every year I look forward to when it’s time to listen to Christmas music," she shares. "I have several 'go-to' albums, the ones that immediately take me back to my Christmases as a little girl as well as the ones that are just fun, meaningful, or nostalgic. When it came time to make my own Christmas album, I wanted to capture the beauty and wonder of Jesus coming to earth as a baby to rescue the world and to create a project that would deepen the listener’s experience of Christmas. I am so excited to release Receive Our King for the coming Advent season, and pray that everyone who hears these songs will be drawn in to remember, reflect, and respond to the birth of our Savior that truly was the turning point in history." Check out the the entire album today, which includes "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus," "He Has Come For Us (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)," and "Away in a Manger / The Gospel Changes Everything," and pick up the resources you need as you share these songs in your Christmas services this year, including the Original Master MultiTracks, instrument parts in RehearsalMix and charts for each song, which we will be releasing over the next few days.

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