Christmas a long time ago…
On a cold winters night as I sit in the barn
and think of a Christmas a long time ago
shutting my eyes back through the
ages I go
And see the couple move forward on a donkey as white as the
snow
Round the back of an Inn the man now did pause peering out through
the darkness his way lit by a star
A slit of light appeared from under
the door, a welcome sight for the two who had travelled so far
Relief
floods his body as the nudge of his donkey urges him on
The words no room
at the Inn are all but gone
The smell of sweet hay welcomes them
in
And the process of birth soon starts to begin
He holds her hand
and tenderly wipes her brow
Thinking God please don’t leave us we need
you now
Sensing his worry the animals gather around
As if their
mere presence can calm him somehow
How will I raise him, look at this
start
No room I could find him his heart did remark
Does this mean
I’ve failed him, is this place fit for a king
Oh Lord please help me I’ll
do anything
The cry of his wife signals the birth of the holy
one
And with hands that were shaking he reached for God’s Son
His
breath was now ragged torn away by the sight
Of a babe so perfect bathed
in heavenly light
As he watched him lay in the manger that
night
The lord gave him courage and broadened his sight
For the
little babe Jesus was happy bundled down in the hay
Lulled to sleep by
the churring of the lambs while they played
His faithful donkey kept
watch by the door
As strangers dropped to their knees to worship the new
Lord
Not concerned at all by his humble birth in the hay
The babe
knew his heavenly father would supply their needs for today
For the Lord
assured Joseph it mattered not where your born
Or your status in life,
whether you laugh weep or morn
For I’ll always be with you, I’ll always
be true
And to show you my love I give this gift unto you
The gift
of my son to share throughout time
He offers love and redemption,
forgiving the sins of mankind
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