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Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Dec 3, 2007 0:47:10 GMT -5
This Is Christmas Day
Take away the Christmas tree From the City Square. Take away the manger scene. We don't need it there. Take away the shining lights. The stars are still above. And we don't need these plastic things To tell us of God's Love!
Take away the little lamb. Take away the hay. In our hearts this special time Will still be Christmas Day. Take away the wise men And the little shepherd boy. Do you think that will remove This celebration of God's Joy?
For Christmas can't be anything But the Birthday of our King. Take away the things of clay And still our praises ring! You can say that day is night Or that the night is day. But, your words are worthless. We know this is Christmas Day!
How I love the wonder in A little child's first sight, Of the star of Bethlehem - All shining in the night! Mary's face, that Baby's smile And Joseph's tender care ... Little ones deserve to see This "fabled" scene so rare.
But take it all away and see How God supplies our need. He was flesh and blood. We know the story of God's seed. In our hearts that manger bed Holds the promise of God's Love. You can never take away What God sent us from above!
You can't issue orders to Take stars down from the sky. Christmas trees will still grow tall On mountains, snowy white. Love will still encircle earth, As if to hear Him say, "In your hearts you still will know That this is Christmas Day!"
© 1983 by Joan Clifton Costner
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