Sunday, December 28, 2008

The heart That Ponders #28 . . .Born . . .12/28/08

Dear Holy Friends,
    I sit here watching the weather fronts change. Mild air is coming in for today, a brief respite from the cold. But tomorrow the cold will be back. Watching the clouds makes me wonder what it would have been like to see 'angels and a multitude of the heavenly hosts' and hearing them sing. Wow. I hope we don't lose the wonder of Christmas too fast for it lead directly to the Glory of the cross.
 
In His Grip, Chandra
 
Born
 
One night in a barn
    lonely manger, star bright
        baby's birth, mother's heart
            true worship, holy night.
Scent of hay, night air
    animals eating, cows mooing,
        stable sounds, no one there
            in the noise, baby cooing.
Heaven opened, angels came
    royalty in a bed of hay
        wise men visit, gifts they brang
            salvation came to earth that day
Father's love in a baby boy
    creator living among His own
        manger in the shadow of a cross
            born our sin to atone.
 
~Chandra Lynn Smith~



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