BETHLEHEM CHRISTMAS
~ TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WHEN ALL THROUGH THE TOWN,
THE CREATURES WERE STIRRING, THERE WERE HUNDREDS AROUND.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, TO BETHLEHEM THEY CAME,
TO BE TAXED BY GREAT CAESAR, IT WAS HIM THEY WOULD BLAME. "NO ROOM" SIGNS WERE HUNG BY THE INNKEEPERS DOORS,
WITHOUT RESERVATIONS, YOU’D SLEEP ON THE FLOORS.
AND MARY ON THE DONKEY, AND JOSEPH BY HER SIDE,
KEPT LOOKING AND LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO ABIDE. WHEN UP THE NEXT STREET THERE AROSE SUCH A ROAR,
SOMEONE HOLLERED, "THERE’S ROOM"!, AND THEY RUSHED FOR THE DOOR.
BUT PEOPLE HAD LINED UP AT SUCH A FAST PACE,
WHEN JOSEPH’S TURN CAME, THERE WASN’T A SPACE. THE LOOKS ON THEIR FACES, SO SAD, SO TIRED,
BUT THE INNKEEPER THOUGHT, AND THEN WAS INSPIRED.
"A ROOM HAVE I NONE, BUT A STABLE I DO,
BECAUSE SOON THERE’LL BE THREE, AND NOT JUST TWO. MORE RAPID THAN EAGLES THE INNKEEPER HURRIED,
TO PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE SO THIS COUPLE WOULDN’T WORRY.
SO OUT TO THE STABLE, THE INNKEEPER FLEW,
TO SET UP A MANGER FOR MARY, AND YOU KNOW WHO. NOW MICAH, NOW AMOS, ISAIAH, JEREMIAH,
OH DANIEL, OH JOEL, NAHUM, ZECHERIAH.
YOU PROPHETS, BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR OF OLD,
HOW YOU WISH YOU COULD BE HERE, TO SEE WHAT WAS FORETOLD. NOW, IN THE SAME REGION WERE SHEPHERDS IN THE FIELD,
NEVER SUSPECTING WHAT WAS TO BE REVEALED.
THEY WERE QUIETLY, SO QUIETLY ATTENDING THEIR FLOCKS,
WHEN THE STRANGEST THING HAPPENED, IT GAVE THEM A SHOCK. A HUNDRED, NO A THOUSAND, NO A MULTITUDE HAD COME,
TO TELL THEM THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD’S ONLY SON.
THEY LIT UP THE SKY FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH,
THEY WORSHIPPED AND PRAISED GOD WITH A MIGHTY SHOUT. AND WHEN THEY HAD WORSHIPPED FOR QUITE SOME TIME,
THEY TOLD ALL THE SHEPHERDS WHAT THEY WOULD FIND .
"YOU WILL FIND HIM IN A MANGER, ALL WRAPPED UP TIGHT,
IN THE CITY OF DAVID, THIS VERY NIGHT." "GO NOW AND SEE HIM, AND DO US THIS FAVOR,
WHEN YOU WORSHIP HIM YOU’LL REALIZE THAT HE IS THE SAVIOR."
AND AS THE POOR SHEPHERDS LEFT WHERE THEY HAD BEEN,
THEY KEPT HEARING THE ANGELS THAT GOD DID SEND, "GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, ON EARTH PEACE AMONG MEN". ~ Copyright 1992 James W. Cumbie
THE CREATURES WERE STIRRING, THERE WERE HUNDREDS AROUND.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, TO BETHLEHEM THEY CAME,
TO BE TAXED BY GREAT CAESAR, IT WAS HIM THEY WOULD BLAME. "NO ROOM" SIGNS WERE HUNG BY THE INNKEEPERS DOORS,
WITHOUT RESERVATIONS, YOU’D SLEEP ON THE FLOORS.
AND MARY ON THE DONKEY, AND JOSEPH BY HER SIDE,
KEPT LOOKING AND LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO ABIDE. WHEN UP THE NEXT STREET THERE AROSE SUCH A ROAR,
SOMEONE HOLLERED, "THERE’S ROOM"!, AND THEY RUSHED FOR THE DOOR.
BUT PEOPLE HAD LINED UP AT SUCH A FAST PACE,
WHEN JOSEPH’S TURN CAME, THERE WASN’T A SPACE. THE LOOKS ON THEIR FACES, SO SAD, SO TIRED,
BUT THE INNKEEPER THOUGHT, AND THEN WAS INSPIRED.
"A ROOM HAVE I NONE, BUT A STABLE I DO,
BECAUSE SOON THERE’LL BE THREE, AND NOT JUST TWO. MORE RAPID THAN EAGLES THE INNKEEPER HURRIED,
TO PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE SO THIS COUPLE WOULDN’T WORRY.
SO OUT TO THE STABLE, THE INNKEEPER FLEW,
TO SET UP A MANGER FOR MARY, AND YOU KNOW WHO. NOW MICAH, NOW AMOS, ISAIAH, JEREMIAH,
OH DANIEL, OH JOEL, NAHUM, ZECHERIAH.
YOU PROPHETS, BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR OF OLD,
HOW YOU WISH YOU COULD BE HERE, TO SEE WHAT WAS FORETOLD. NOW, IN THE SAME REGION WERE SHEPHERDS IN THE FIELD,
NEVER SUSPECTING WHAT WAS TO BE REVEALED.
THEY WERE QUIETLY, SO QUIETLY ATTENDING THEIR FLOCKS,
WHEN THE STRANGEST THING HAPPENED, IT GAVE THEM A SHOCK. A HUNDRED, NO A THOUSAND, NO A MULTITUDE HAD COME,
TO TELL THEM THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD’S ONLY SON.
THEY LIT UP THE SKY FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH,
THEY WORSHIPPED AND PRAISED GOD WITH A MIGHTY SHOUT. AND WHEN THEY HAD WORSHIPPED FOR QUITE SOME TIME,
THEY TOLD ALL THE SHEPHERDS WHAT THEY WOULD FIND .
"YOU WILL FIND HIM IN A MANGER, ALL WRAPPED UP TIGHT,
IN THE CITY OF DAVID, THIS VERY NIGHT." "GO NOW AND SEE HIM, AND DO US THIS FAVOR,
WHEN YOU WORSHIP HIM YOU’LL REALIZE THAT HE IS THE SAVIOR."
AND AS THE POOR SHEPHERDS LEFT WHERE THEY HAD BEEN,
THEY KEPT HEARING THE ANGELS THAT GOD DID SEND, "GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, ON EARTH PEACE AMONG MEN". ~ Copyright 1992 James W. Cumbie
We wish you a VERY Merry Christmas!
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