I Will Find a way by andy gullahorn and jason gray

Today's spin of Chad and Dave's Wheel of Advent Content landed on "Underappreciated Xmas Songs." In this segment, we highlight Advent/Christmas/Holiday songs that may not be well-known but certainly deserve to be. 

Many years ago, I was traveling alone on an airplane, which provided me with hours of undiluted reading time. Deciding the moment was perfect for a nice quick novel, I pulled out The Notebook and commenced reading. Just moments before the plane began its descent, my shoulders were heaving and my tear ducts were getting a high-altitude workout as the concerned travelers around me averted their gazes.

If there is an Advent analogue to The Notebook, it is - without a doubt - “I Will Find a Way” by Andy Gullahorn and Jason Gray (but best performed by Andy Gullahorn and Jill Phillips). 

Based on the short story​ “Advent Monologue” by Walter Wangerin, Jr., “I Will Find a Way” asks the question, “If God came in human form today, what would that look like?”

Emmanuel, indeed.

I Will Find a Way
By Andy Gullahorn and Jason Gray

At the end of this run down tenement hall
Is the room of a girl I know
She cowers behind all the dead bolt locks
Afraid of the outside world

So how should I come to the one I love?
I will find a way

Many thieves and collectors have used that door
But they only brought her shame
So she won't even open it anymore
Still I will find a way

I could call out her name with love through the walls
But condemnation is all she hears
I could break down the door and take her into my arms
But she might die from the fear

So how should I come to the one I love?
I will find a way, I will find a way
How should I come to the one I love?
I will find a way

No hiding place ever kept her safe
So she hides inside herself
Now to reach her heart the only way
Is to hide in there as well
I will hide in there as well

She gave up on love waiting for a change
But a change is coming soon
How could she not love the helpless babe
Who is waking in her womb?

I found way, I found a way

She'll know I am coming before I am here
When she hangs her head she'll see me there
And then when I come she won't run away
All the beauty and joy will return to her face
And what of the loneliness? Now it is gone
Lost in the bond of a mother and son
Every sin that she suffered at the hands of men
Every single disgrace will be washed clean again
I will love her completely and when I am grown
I will carry her out of that tenement room
I am doing a new thing and soon you will see
I am coming among you and my name shall be
Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuel