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Christmas Poetry

Shepherd’s Song

Quiet night
Stars shine bright
Giving light
To all below
Shepherds watching
Sheep all grazing
All not knowing
What’s in store

Suddenly
From the heavens
Angel saying
Fear thou not
Unto you
Today is born
A Savior
Christ the Lord

Then angelic
Host starts singing
Glory to God
In highest heaven
Still proclaiming
Peace on earth
Goodwill to man
Go see the child

They went to see Him
In the manger
Quiet babe
Among these strangers
Knelt to worship
Saw no danger
Praising Christ, the Lord

Glory to God, The Angels sang
Great is the Lord our God
Peace on earth, Good will to all
Is the Angels song above

When we bow down
To Christ the Lord’
For the first time
The Angel chorus
Sings out a song
In joyful glee
That one more has entered heaven

Will that be you
This Christmas day
Will you ask Christ
To be your way
Will you invite Him
In to stay
Accept His gift today
And then angels will sing again

Glory to God, The Angels sang
Great is the Lord our God
Peace on earth, Good will to all
Is the Angels song above

 

Christmas Poetry

HIStory

The story is told
How a long time ago
The God of creation
Looked down below
And said “Son, it is time
For you to bestow
Our mercy and grace on mankind

So the Son left His throne
To bring freedom to all
He was born of a virgin
And was laid in a stall
Shepherds were summoned
To greet Him with awe
On that marvelous, glorious morn

He walked on this earth
Spreading His love
Teaching the people
The truths from above
But the leaders of men
Had about had enough
They condemned Him to death on a cross

Beaten and bruised
Crown of thorns on His brow
He carried His cross
Through the streets of the town
Golgotha awaited
His love would be known
As His wrists and His feet were nailed

From the cross His blood flowed
Down and out for all time
“Father, forgive them”
He said as He died
His mercy and grace
Were released to mankind
For whoever will call on His name

They laid Him to rest
In a tomb someone gave
And the Romans did guard Him
By night and by day
But they fainted in awe
As the stone rolled away
And Jesus arose from the grave

Oh wonderful Savior
Christ Jesus my Lord
You have freed me from sin
It us you I adore
And you rose so that heaven
Is for me evermore
When I call out to you to be saved

I love you, Jesus
I’ll follow your ways
And I’ll tell your story
All of my days
I’ll pray for my family
And friends to be saved
Your mercy and grace are now mine
Help me share them all of the time
So that others will know
That you came down below
As the Savior for all of mankind

 

The Believers Life

Over and Over Again

I just can’t get over His love
It reaches to me from above
It touches my soul
It makes me whole
His great love is more than enough

I just can’t get over His grace
It reaches to me in this place
By grace i am saved
Grace showed me the way
His grace showers blessings my way

Over and over and over again
He reaches down from His throne
Time after time He is there for me
He never will leave me alone

I just can’t get over His mercy
When I’m weak He comes and defends me
His blood cleansed my sin
His love brought me in
His mercy is there to forgive me

When I feel unloved He loves me
When I feel unblessed He blesses
When I feel I’ve done too much wrong to survive
His mercy is there
No need to despair

Over and over and over again
He reaches down from His throne
Time after time He is there for me
He never will leave me alone

Only the Blood of Jesus

What is it that reaches the depths of my heart
What is it that brings in a grace that imparts
What is it that makes us from sin to depart
Only the blood. Only the blood

What is it that cleanses my heart from all sin
What is it that places His peace deep within
What is it that helps us our battles to win
Only the blood of Jesus

Only the blood will bring us to God
Only the blood will birth in us awe
Of the wonderful price that He paid that day
When He washed our sins away

What is it that reached down from heaven that day
When a virgin born baby lay sleeping in hay
Shepherds and wise men came ‘round to pray
Only the blood. Only the blood

Only the blood came to earth that day
Inside the flesh of the babe in the hay
Had He not said that He’d come this way
Our sins would not be washed away

On this Christmas day remember the blood
Remember the price He paid was enough
To pardon your sin and build a new heart
Only the blood of Jesus

The Believers Life

What’s True for You?

I’ve often thought Christmas was special
A Holiday meant to enjoy
But it seems lately people have struggled
To find all the Christmas joy

Especially in our schools of the day
Where so many views are taught
They often make quite a kerfuffle
When the songs for the choir are sought

It seems pretty clear to me
That the songs from a long time ago
Should be featured at Christmas time
Since these are the tunes that we all know
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Let’s put aside silly arguments
That anything else is true
Christmas is all about Jesus
I sure hope that’s true fore you

In response to the daily prompt

Your Daily Word Prompt – Kerfuffle – December 16, 2018

Fruit of the Spirit

Joy is Full

The shopping brouhaha
Is very far
From Bethlehem’s star

We save a bunch of time
Not in line
But shopping online

Then we are quite mindful
Joy is full
From Christ’s arrival

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For His grace
Is now in this place

In response to the daily prompt

Your Daily Word Prompt – Brouhaha – December 15, 2018

Jesus Life

He Came to Die

At Christmas time we celebrate
The Birthday of our Lord
Born this day in Bethlehem
A stable His abode

Shepherds came to greet Him
For an angel told them where
They bowed before the little child
While Mary looked on there

He grew and started preaching
Repent for God is nigh
He healed all that would come to Him
He taught them with no lies

His message made the rulers made
The planned to take His life
But He knew all about their plans
The prophets all were right

We celebrate His birth today
And rightfully we should
But more important is the fact
He came to die for you

His purpose from the very start
Was to give His life away
Please don’t forget the price He paid
On this Christmas day

 

The Believers Life

Center Stage

Too often I sought to be there
In the middle of it all
Pride ate me up inside
And spit me out
I fell hard and fast
Not really knowing why
Until God showed me my pride
How ugly it was
How it robbed Him of His glory
How it caused me to ignore His word
I wallowed in sin
Yet remained a cynosure
Until the day
I truly met my Savior
I thought I was saved before
I thought I had given my life
But it was only in prat
Not in whole
And I realized
He wanted all of me
Not just part
So I put away my pride
And took on Christ
In all His humility and meekness
That babe in a manger
Became my Lord
Now He takes center stage
In my life

In response to the daily prompt

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Christmas Poetry

Christmas Cheer

It’s once again that time of year
When we ring out our Christmas cheer
We sing the songs of Jesus birth
Declaring Him through all the earth

Hark the Herald angels sing
Hear the bells oh hear them ring
O come oh come Emmanuel
A silent night for all to tell

Far away in manger lay
What child is this who sleeps in hay
Three great kings come from afar
Joy to the world beneath that star

We’ve heard angels from on high
Little town of Bethlehem sighs
Come all ye faithful raise your voice
Come let us adore our Lord

In all these songs we give Him praise
For He our sin has far erased
This Christmas time I hope you know
The reason for the seasons show

Let Christ be lifted high above
Tell all your friends of His great love
That He would leave His royal throne
To come to earth and die alone

Pretty Lights

Pretty Lights

We have a tradition in my house
At Christmas time each year
We decorate with pretty lights
To show our Christmas cheer

And right in the center of all
The scene of the manger is placed
Because what would Christmas be
Without giving Christ our praise

In response to the daily prompt

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