In all the hustle and bustle of getting ready for Christmas, it's easy to lose sight of the reason for the season. But the focus of Christmas is as the holiday's name suggests: Christ. Here is a good poem that was shared by someone at our church, and I thought it was worth posting:
Praise God for Christmas
By Joseph Bayly
Praise Him for the incarnation,
for the word made flesh.
I will not sing of shepherds
watching flocks on frosty nights,
or angel choristers.
I will not sing of a stable bare in Bethlehem,
or lowing oxen,
wise men trailing star with gold,
frankincense, and myrrh.
Tonight I will sing praise to the Father
who stood on heaven's threshold
and said farewell to his Son
as he stepped across the stars
to Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
And I will sing praise to the infinite, eternal Son,
who became most finite, a baby
who would one day be executed for my crime.
Praise him in the heavens,
Praise him in the stable,
Praise him in my heart.
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