While You Were Sleeping

While You Were Sleeping
Casting Crowns

Oh little town of Bethlehem
Looks like another silent night
Above your deep and dreamless sleep
A giant star lights up the sky
And while you're lying in the dark
There shines an everlasting light
For the King has left His throne
And is sleeping in a manger tonight

Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
For God became a man
And stepped into your world today
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history
As a city with no room for its King
While you were sleeping
While you were sleeping

Oh little town of Jerusalem
Looks like another silent night
The Father gave His only Son
The Way, the Truth, the Life had came
But there was no room for Him in the world He came to save

Jerusalem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
The Savior of the world is dying on your cross today
Jerusalem, you will go down in history
As a city with no room for its King
While you were sleeping
While you were sleeping

United States of America
Looks like another silent night
As we're sung to sleep by philosophies
That save the trees and kill the children
And while we're lying in the dark
There's a shout heard 'cross the eastern sky
For the Bridegroom has returned
And has carried His bride away in the night

America, what will we miss while we are sleeping
Will Jesus come again
And leave us slumbering where we lay
America, will we go down in history
As a nation with no room for its King
Will we be sleeping
Will we be sleeping

Written by Mark Hall ©2005 Club Zoo Music (BMI) / SWECS Music (BMI) (admin. by EMI CMG Publishing)


As you read the lyrics things will pop out just as they did while I was listening to this song. I was amazed at the honesty they presented to the world. Read the parts about America it is so true. We are so worried about saving the trees and not saving the unborn children, or even those that made it into this world. Why? Why are American's self absorbed with self worth, the house in which we live, the cars we drive, the things we own, but the things that should really matter to us, they don't. The truth is that we have never been concerned with them. What about the homeless, are some homeless by choice? No, some are homeless because they couldn't get good jobs, they have been kicked out of their homes, or because they are so hooked on drugs that a home doesn't matter. Should these things matter to us? Absolutely. Now, I'm not saying that you should contribute to every man sitting on the corner with a sign that says "Will work for food." The truth is that they really dont' want to work. There are places for these people, it's called homeless shelters, the Salvation Army. There are these places, but we have made it so that they can't rely on these places because people will look at them differently.

I'm very guilty of not doing so, but I'd say that we all need to look at those less fortunate around us and see how we can help them.

P.S. Sorry it's so long...consider this Song Sung Sunday!!!

~Jalopy~