Every once in awhile I get something in my email that I need to be cast out into the world. My aunt wrote this and it is one of those items I need to share:
“Jesus still is the Reason For The Season and no one can diminish that whether they say Happy Holidays or Season’s Greetings or Merry Christmas. Only I can diminish it by allowing my focus to be on something other than Christ in my life.”
CHRISTMAS REMEMBERED
On a soft and lovely midnight, long ago,
Angels sang to watching shepherds down below,
Telling them the happy news of the Jesus birth,
Singing songs of Peace, Goodwill To Men on Earth.
Men of wisdom, traveling from lands afar,
Came to the manger following a star,
To worship at the Christ Child’s bed of hay,
The place wherein the Babe, our Savior, lay.
Many Christmases have come and gone since then,
And the years have worked their way and will with men.
As this season of great joy is drawing near,
Let our better natures once again appear.
Let the Christmas spirit fill the air with song.
Cheery greetings let us once more pass along.
As we celebrate this time of joy and mirth,
Let us share the Good News of our Savior’s birth.
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Wanda G. Black
December 20, 2008
