A Christmas poem ....

This Christmas Let’s Find a Way

by Audrey Austin

What can I say about Christmas that hasn’t been said before?

What do I feel deep down in my heart

As I hang the wreath on my front door?

Am I truly at peace when I string the lights

Around the Christmas tree?

And do I remember the birth of the child who lived and died for me?

Am I so enthralled by the shopping,

The wrapping,

the sharing,

the songs and the fun

That I overlook the Messiah’s birth, the love of the Holy One?

Forgetting that Christmas is meant to comprise,

The love and the hope in a small child’s eyes

Or family together,

friends near to the heart

Rebirthing,

redemption,

joy right from the start.

This Christmas Day let’s find  a way

 to peace and love spread

 through homes starving for bread

of life,

love,

peace and joy.

What more can be said

 as I kneel by my bed

Except thanks for the birth of this boy

who grew tall,
 gave His all

That we live, one and all?

I see the snow falling,
I hear children calling,

Don’t make Him pariah,
 Celebrate the Messiah.

What more can I say about Christmas that hasn’t been said before?

And what do I feel deep down in my heart

when I hang

that wreath

on my front door?

MERRY CHRISTMAS!