CHRISTMAS HOPE

HEAVENLY ANGELS BROUGHT THE NEWS,
TO FRIGHTENED SHEPHERDS IN THE NIGHT.
THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL’S BORN, MESSIAH COMES IN HOLY LIGHT.

COME AND SEE IN BETHLEHEM,
IN LOWLY STABLE WHERE HE LAY,
“THE SAVIOR WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD,”
IS CRADLED IN THE MANGER HAY.

THE ANGELS PRAISE ON HEAVEN’S WING,
GOOD TIDINGS COME TO EVERYONE,
OF PEACE AND JOY, “GOODWILL TO MEN,”
ANNOUNCE THE BIRTH OF GOD’S OWN SON.

THE SHEPHERDS RAN TO FIND THE CHILD,
THEY RUSHED TO HIM, NO TIME TO WASTE.
TO SEE THEIR LONG-AWAITED HOPE,
TO BETHLEHEM THEY CAME WITH HASTE.

IN HOLY AWE THEIR GAZE WAS FIXED,
UPON THIS BABY’S HEAVENLY FACE,
AND SO THEY TOLD THE STORY TRUE,
ABROAD, IN EVERY TOWN AND PLACE.

THAT GOD HAD COME TO EARTH THAT NIGHT,
GOD WITH US, IMMANUEL,
TO GIVE TO ALL WHO WOULD RECEIVE,
SALVATION, BORN IN ISRAEL.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO SPECIAL PEOPLE.

Susan King

Oregon USA