It is Tuesday morning
just four days away
from Christmas Day
The greatest event on
earth will soon take place
For centuries the world
waiting for His promise
“A Savior shall be born”
In heaven, a flurry of
angels preparing for
their flight to earth
Their Beloved Lord
has stepped down from
His throne
The Great Creator
One with His Father
The Holy Spirit
planting a child in a Virgin
girl
Mary heavy with labor
Joseph in search of a place to
rest
Only in a humble stable they
have found
A star in the sky
the sound of choirs
praising the birth of a baby boy
The Star of Bethlehem
the Wisemen follow
bearing gifts from the
East
Shepherd’s with their staffs
hurry on, blest with the
message to come and see
entering a stable with oxen
and ass
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Angels beckoning those on
earth
“Come and rejoice
the Savior has come”
They are perplexed
for no one is willing
to join in praise
Angels hurry on
surely someone will join
them in song
It is Tuesday night
three nights before Christmas
after a busy day
The rush of guests have come
and gone, gifts are ready
with ribbons and bows
The kitchen aroma with
gingerbread and spice
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Hastening at the midnight hour
the angels knock on the door
“We are searching for one who
will give us bread
An answer is heard
“Do not trouble me
The door is now shut and my
children are with me in bed”
“It is too late, the bread
in the oven not yet baked
come back at the breaking
of dawn”
“The day has been long with
joy and laughter and too much
to drink”
Then turning his face, into slumber
once more, he falls asleep
While the angels weep!
Once again with a persistent knock
“Please give us bread that
we may eat”
And because of their persistence he
arises, gathering a few crumbs
stumbling to the door
promising a loaf with the
rising of the sun**
Why are we content
with our worldly gifts
when a special Gift is
wrapped in swaddling
clothes for us?
The kitchen with the scent
of sugar and spice?
When wise men
bring gifts of frankincense
and myrrh?
Why are we content with crumbs
fallen from the table?
Surely those who persist will eat
of the Bread of Heaven!
**A parable given by the Lord
while here on earth, inspiring
us to ever be in prayer,
persistent with all of our needs,
for we know not the hour or the
day He will return! Luke 11:5-8
^The biblical parable states
A ‘friend’ requests three
loaves of bread, rather than the
word ‘angels’ which has been
used.
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