The Night Before Christmas
precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments."
-- Benjamin Franklin (Poor Richards Almanack, 1743)
Twas the night before Christmas and oh what a sight All across America millions of lights Wrapping of presents, good things to do despite the best efforts of the ACLU
People are singing,
churches are full
Pastors are preaching in this season of yule It's not about Santa though registers ring It's time to remember the soon coming King Even those who've forgotten what it's really about Are hit by the fallout from the Heavenly shouts
To many their
sorrows become amplified
after all it is Christmas, nobody should cry, But children are suffering, people still starve, Haters still murder, robbers still rob
Nothing comes out
perfect,
though we're aiming so high Why are we hurting,
Why is it we cry ?
If God didn't enter the dark of our night The Hope of the ages, Pure Love and True Light Would we notice the suffering of others in pain What would we aim for, there'd be nothing to gain But God stepped into our darkness, took on human life The incarnate God-Man, True God and Pure Light
A helpless babe
first
Then to pay for our sins, He suffered the worst, that man had to give in Love's purest burst He poured out his life, He thought of us first, he took on our strife Then he rose from the dead, His body not found Since He's now in heaven, the King of many crowns But this time of year, we remember His birth It's now time to celebrate, take in the mirth Cause my friend there is hope, life can begin In your personal darkness in this world filled with sin Filled with liars, dissemblers, power mongers and clowns, deceitful politicians and subversives abound illness and sadness but not enough love
The way of the
earth but what of above?
It's all been allowed to make you look up, there's something better, it's out there
His salvation, His
Love
He will come
again, in judgement you see
To put an end to all evil, to set His people free
Yes a new world is
coming, and His will it will be
Is He coming for you He is coming for me |
A Merry and
Blessed Christmas to you all !
Mickey
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