Christmas 2008 Poem

JOYOUS CHRISTMAS OF 2008


AT THIS JOYOUS TIME OF YEAR
WE CELEBRATE OUR SAVIOR DEAR
COME TO EARTH AS NEW BORN CHILD
MIDST HUMBLE SETTINGS, MEEK AND MILD

BORN TO DIE AND LIVE AGAIN
BORN TO SAVE US FROM OUR SIN
BOUGHT US, WITH HIS PAIN AND TEARS,
HE HELPS US OVERCOME OUR FEARS.

TO BE THE CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT
AND IN HIM FIND ETERNAL SIGHT
THEN SEE AND THINK AND FEEL AND DO
THE THINGS WE HOLD SO DEAR AND TRUE

AND WHEN OUR TIME ON EARTH IS PAST
WE JOIN HIM IN HIS REALMS SO VAST
SO LET US SING AND WORK AND PRAY
THAT WE WITH HIM MAY ONE DAY SAY

FATHER OURS, THY WILL BE DONE
WE PLEDGE TO SERVE THEE AND THY SON
HELPING OTHERS KNOW THY LOVE
THAT CAME TO US FROM STARS ABOVE.

BY ELDER DOUGLAS AUSTIN
ZU WEIHNACHTEN 2008
CHEMNITZ DE
BERLIN MISSION