We remember the Christmases of yesteryears, the
ones so long ago, and we smile as the reflections
set our hearts aglow. As Christmas bustle and
hustle surrounds you, stop for just a minute
or two, and recall the joy of years gone by,
and it will warm you. through and through. And
then, when you take up your tasks again, your
joy will be twofold, for you'll have the pleasure
of the new and the treasure of the old. The first
Noel the angel did say was to certain poor shepherds
in fields as they lay. Dear God, after this glorious
Christmas season, give to us the simple faith
that little children know. The faith to look
for miracles upon this earth below. Give us the
faith to recognize the goodness in each heart.
Give us the faith to... Build again when hopes
are torn apart. Heavenly Father, Christmas now
surrounds us. Give to us the simple faith that
little children find, the faith to hope, the
faith to see that clouds are silver -lined. And
give us a faith to dream bright dreams upon the
darkest day. And most of all, give us the faith
to clasp our hands and pray. For if we pray as
children do, we who have journeyed far may find
the warm reflection of a glowing, splendid star.
And if we wear this simple faith wrapped like
a cloak around us, we will be blessed as children
are and feel that peace has found us. Christmas
is holly and gay mistletoe. Christmas is tinsel
and the soft candle glow. Christmas is cookies
and candy cane treats. It's the warm, cheery
greeting for friends that we meet. Our Christmas
is children with faces that glow. It's Santa.
and reindeer and new -fallen snow. It's tinsel
and seals and bright -colored string. It's greeting
cards and presents and the carols we sing. Yes,
Christmas is this, but oh, my friend, it's much
more than tinsel and trees. and gifts in store.
Christmas is angels drawing nigh to the earth
to tell the good news of the dear Savior's birth.
Christmas is God's Son sent down from above.
The real meaning of Christmas can Only mean love.
Watch their flocks by night, all seated on the
ground. The angel of the Lord came down and glory
showed. and cease their troubled mind. The tidings
of great joy I bring to you. wish you a Merry
Christmas, a glittering tree on a snowy night,
and a soulless searching prayer by candlelight.
For a much deeper faith on which to lean, we
wish for you a sweet Bethlehem scene. Oh, may
there Hang high on your Christmas tree a gift
of wisdom from the wise men three. We wish you
glad tidings that wars shall cease. We wish you
a stake in keeping the peace. We wish you a Merry
Christmas. We wish you green thumbs and brotherhood
seed. The grace not to question color or creed.
We wish you sleigh bells, a caroler's song. We
wish you a country that's united and strong.
And today, as the bell in the steeple chimes,
we ponder. these turbulent changing times and
wish you the strength of the shepherd's rod and
a closer, much closer walk with God. Christmas
is a star to steer by. It is the enduring, the
eternal, a symbol of the known rising above the
unknown. Christmas is the awareness of self and
others, and the ongoing struggle man must make.
to meet his human needs. Christmas is forgiveness,
the foundation of newness of life for fresh beginnings
which, oft times, are born of failure. Christmas
is creative adventuring into a world where there's
conflict and misery, greed and despair are commonplace.
Christmas is the leaven, the yeast that lifts
man's spirit, enabling him to free himself from
defense, offense, behavior as hate, hostility,
and fear. Christmas bore us new hope. new opportunity
to renew our own commitment to serve the Christ
and to recognize the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood
of man. Christmas is here and now for each of
us and for everyone who is able and willing.
to receive the true meaning of Christmas. to
stay. Sing merrily, we all can sing, Jesus has
come, the newborn King. Joy, joy, sing hallelujah,
for Christ is born today. Joy, joy, sing hallelujah,
for Christ is born today. Sing merrily, we all
can sing. Jesus has come, the newborn King. Joy,
joy, sing hallelujah, for Christ is born today.
Joy, joy, sing hallelujah. is now complete for
Satan's is bethlehem in christendom today above
each one the golden gem looks down to show the
way to guide the wise across the years with perfect
rays of light and solemnly to steal their fears
before the holy sight yes every town contains
an inn where bustling throngs abide too occupied
with dross and din to know that just outside
and to the back around the slope a stable's standing
still the symbol of immortal hope for those who
seek God's will. The skies are opened once again
that shepherds see their fill. And the words
of peace, goodwill to men, become the echoes
still. Go search your skies. you'll find the
star has halted just above so that it may shine
where doors ajar receive the sun of love