Thursday, December 31, 2009

A Simple Christmas (part 2)

Once there was a girl named Mary,
She was engaged to Joseph and going to marry.
God sent the angle Gabriel,
He appeared and said Hail!
You shall conceive of the Holy Spirit,
Just as Isaiah prophesied about it.
Mary said, I am the Lord's handmaid,
May it come to pass with His aid.

Then Caesar Augustus sent out a decree,
"Everyone shall pay taxes to me!"
Joseph with Mary went to his home town Bethlehem,
But when they got to the town there was no room for them.
They were forced to stay in a stable,
Where Mary gave birth to Immanuel,

Shepherds kept their fields at night,
Then angles appeared in heavenly light.
"Peace on earth good will to men!
Christ is born in Bethlehem."
The shepherds said" let us go see this thing,
And worship our God and King."
They rushed to the stable,
And knelt before the makeshift cradle.

Three wise men journeyed from afar,
Following yonder star.
They found Jesus whom they longed to behold,
And offered Him frankincense, myrrh, and gold.

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