Pondering Christmas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ve got the carols and the lights

Down to an art, no doubt.

We’ve mastered food and family

All gathering about.

 

We even know who’s birth it is

That we all celebrate,

For we have set aside the time

In honor of the date.

 

But in the flurry of the songs,

The feasting and delight,

We sometimes lose the miracle

That happened on that night.

 

It’s not just that a child was born,

But that God came to earth

To redeem those whom He had lost,

Restoring them to worth.

 

The hand that formed the universe

Took on its weakest face

That He might restore what we lost

When mankind fell from Grace.

 

He could have come as mighty king

Issuing the demand

That we each bow before His throne

And live at His command.

 

But He came first to broken souls,

Whose lives were harsh and grim,

His angels bearing songs of praise,

Not to kings, but to them.

 

Amongst the revelries and joy,

We should take time today

To ponder what truly occurred

On that first Christmas day.

 

Luke 2:19-20

But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.