I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas; and I'd like to share a little poem I wrote back in 2013. (This is a FB teaching from a few years ago.)
I used to really get annoyed with Christmas because of all the commercialism, with little focus on the central theme of the season, which is, of course, the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. I was kind of a Humbugger!
Then, a few years ago, while listening to a message by Chuck Swindoll, I was reminded that this is the only time of the year when the world is actually singing our songs -- and that I should rejoice that the birth of the King of the universe was being heralded throughout the world. I immediately repented of my wrong and changed my attitude. He was exactly right!!
I hope this poem will bring a bit of joy to your holidays. I've shared it with a few, but would now share it with the many~
Jesus is born!!
Merry Christmas everbody!
TENDER MOMENT
Tender moment, no fanfare,
lowly stable, dark
Attendant beasts of burden,
silently adore
Swollen, heavy with
precious flesh,
outside creation’s purview
She delivers
MAJESTY
Mystical star, plenary sky
looks over “House of Bread.”
To lordly ones, obscure;
only the humble observe
Bard and wise man,
seeker of kings,
worthy gifts laid before Him
who owns all things
Tiny man in swaddling cloth,
shroud of death he wears
Regal robes now laid aside,
once fashioned for the Holy
Blessed Madonna, barren stall,
Star in retrograde
Shepherds watch, contented flocks
History, forever altered
©2013 Bubba Chambers